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To-Go Cocktails, Amending the Digital Tax Proposal, and the Monumental Failure

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Episode  ·  36:14  ·  Apr 1, 2024

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LINKS:Pod Virginia | PatreonLearn more about Jackleg MediaCheck out Black Virginia NewsIN THE NEWS:The secretive plan to bring a sports arena to Alexandria is over--and the folks involved seem to be blaming everybody but themselves.Back in December, Governor Glenn Youngkin proposed a new digital tax for consumers. If you bought a digital book, for example, you would have to pay the same sales tax as a hard copy book you got at the bookstore. Now the General Assembly is agreeing with the governor about consumers and adding businesses to the governor's proposal. "Cocktails-to-go" was one of the innovations of the pandemic. Now the governor is agreeing with lawmakers to allow the temporary fix to become permanent-- although the jury is still out on third-party vendors like DoorDash and Uber Eats.TRIVIA: Which year did the cardinal become the state bird of Virginia?At the Watercooler:- Why is Governor Youngkin reviewing race-related education content at VCU and GMU?- The Governor also vetoed a bill that would give the minimum wage to farm worker--which started as an explicitly racist Jim Crow-ear policy.Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMedia

36m 14s  ·  Apr 1, 2024

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