Overview
- On her first day, the governor issued ten executive orders to boost affordability and pivot state policy away from Youngkin-era positions on education, immigration, diversity and public safety.
- The affordability push includes directives for agencies to find ways to cut living costs, a task force to make health spending more efficient, and a review of housing rules to spur development.
- An Economic Resiliency Task Force was created to assess federal funding losses and coordinate mitigation strategies in response to workforce and budget shifts.
- A separate order rescinded expanded state-local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, with Spanberger emphasizing community policing and core criminal investigations.
- In her State of the Commonwealth address, she urged passage of an Affordable Virginia Agenda, outlined housing and renter protections and workforce proposals, and signaled plans to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as reported.