July Releases

RICHMOND, VA — Ahead of the historic heat wave this week and throughout the holiday weekend, Governor Abigail Spanberger is urging Virginians across the Commonwealth to prepare for extremely hot and humid conditions.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today, July 1, released the following statement celebrating new laws that have taken effect focused on lowering costs for families, expanding economic opportunity, and making sure every Virginia student receives a quality education that sets them up for success.

RICHMOND, VA — Yesterday, Governor Spanberger issued Executive Orders 17 and 18. Executive Order 17 details the development and review of state agency regulations. Executive Order 18 designates the executive branch officers and employees required to file financial disclosure statements. Governors of Virginia are required to lay out procedures for executive review of state agency regulations and financial disclosure statement requirements by June 30 of their first year in office. These executive orders will remain in effect until June 30, 2030, unless amended or rescinded by further executive order.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced the following board appointments.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement ahead of Independence Day 2026.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today delivered the keynote address at the Monticello Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony — joining Virginians from across the Commonwealth to welcome 75 new American citizens.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today delivered the keynote address at the Monticello Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony — joining Virginians from across the Commonwealth to welcome 75 new American citizens.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger yesterday joined Virginians from across the Commonwealth at historic Colonial Williamsburg — the political, cultural, and educational heart of revolutionary Virginia — to celebrate 250 years of American Independence.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger this week joined POLITICO Energy to highlight Virginia’s new first-of-its-kind statewide energy consumption tax on data centers — and the steps the Commonwealth is taking to protect air quality and prevent ratepayers from shouldering the cost of new energy infrastructure investments by data centers and other high-load energy customers.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger announced today that Virginia is ranked number one in the United States for customized workforce training in the 22nd annual Business Facilities Rankings Report for the fourth consecutive year.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today hosted a roundtable discussion to hear directly from key community partners representing health plans, hospitals, and providers across Virginia about the devastating cuts imposed by H.R.1 — President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill — and the steps the Spanberger Administration is taking to protect Virginians’ access to healthcare and food assistance.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger yesterday hosted families and advocates in Richmond for a roundtable focused on the challenges facing Virginia renters, the high cost of housing, and the recent package of legislation she signed into law to make housing more affordable for homebuyers and renters.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger announced today that Virginia is #3 in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top States for Business” rankings, rising from last year.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Spanberger yesterday highlighted Virginia’s rise to #3 in CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business” rankings — and pledged to continue her bipartisan focus on attracting new investment, lowering costs for families and businesses, and building a stronger, more resilient economy in the face of economic uncertainty out of Washington.

RICHMOND, VA — With President Trump driving up costs and jeopardizing healthcare for families across the Commonwealth, Governor Abigail Spanberger continues to focus on protecting Virginians’ access to healthcare coverage.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced the ninth cohort of the Virginia Management Fellows (VMF) Program. Established in 2017, the VMF Program is a nationally recognized management and leadership succession pipeline aimed at attracting, developing, and launching the next generation of state government leaders.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced that Virginia will be the first state in the nation to offer residents across the Commonwealth the opportunity to participate in Switch Together — an optional solar group purchasing initiative designed to increase energy generation, protect families against future utility rate hikes, and make energy more affordable for Virginians.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced $7.3 million in disaster relief grants to Giles and Washington counties and the Town of Fries to support long-term recovery after Tropical Storm Helene caused widespread damage and destruction in Southwest Virginia in 2024.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced that after accounting for June, the full fiscal year surplus has amounted to $936.3 million. The recently adopted biennium budget incorporates $585.5 million of this surplus in Fiscal Year 2027 starting balances. General fund revenues grew $2.09 billion — or 6.7 percent — year-over-year. Growth was driven by strong individual income tax and strong sales tax receipts. Revenue figures are based on July 9 preliminary accounting reports.

RICHMOND, VA — In response to the historic ongoing drought caused by below average rainfall throughout the Commonwealth for nearly one year, Governor Spanberger and Roanoke Region leaders today urged Virginians to increase commonsense water conservation efforts.

BEDFORD, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger joined state and local leaders at Smith Mountain Lake to update Virginians on the status of the worsening drought, encourage residents and businesses to continue taking commonsense steps to conserve water, and outline the steps the Commonwealth is taking to protect the water supply statewide.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today highlighted her work throughout her first six months in office to lower costs for families, invest in the Commonwealth’s long-term economic strength, strengthen schools, and deliver stability amid chaos and uncertainty from Washington.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today hosted a roundtable discussion with community-based organizations and philanthropies to discuss the devastating cuts imposed by H.R.1 — President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” — ways they can partner to address gaps left by the loss of federal funding, and the steps her Administration is taking to protect Virginians’ access to healthcare and food assistance.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger will lead her first economic trade mission to the United Kingdom, Italy, and France from Saturday, July 18 until Friday, July 24. The mission will be focused on strengthening the Commonwealth’s relationships with international employers, attracting new business investment, and expanding economic opportunity across Virginia.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger announced today that Hepburn and Sons LLC — a Virginia-based engineering and consulting firm — will establish a new corporate headquarters in Northern Virginia through an $18.1 million investment in Prince William County. Upon completion, the project will create 80 new jobs in the Commonwealth.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger continues to meet with community advocates and healthcare professionals, providers, and patients from across the Commonwealth to prepare Virginia for the impacts to healthcare and SNAP imposed by H.R.1 — President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced the following board appointments.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement and flag order in memory and respect of United States Army 1st Lieutenant Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. of Richmond, Virginia, whose life of service, courage, and sacrifice exemplified the highest ideals of military service.

RICHMOND, VA — Yesterday, Governor Abigail Spanberger and the Virginia delegation concluded the UK portion of her first economic trade mission. Governor Spanberger led four days of productive meetings focused on strengthening the Commonwealth’s relationships with international employers, attracting new business investment, and expanding economic opportunity across Virginia through trade ties with the United Kingdom. Over the four days, the Governor and her delegation met with more than 30 companies in the aerospace, aviation, defense, biopharmaceutical, agriculture, and forestry industries.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today awarded two Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund (AFID) Planning Grants to support local farmers, strengthen regional food systems, and encourage agriculture-based economic development in Dickenson County, the town of Clintwood, and the city of Waynesboro.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced that 14 companies from across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, and that 13 additional companies have joined the most recent cohort of the two-year program.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger last week urged state regulators to make sure data centers cover the cost of new transmission infrastructure required by those facilities — and protect families, small businesses, and other ratepayers from shouldering the cost of these projects.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced that America’s Favorite, an upcoming feature film, has selected Virginia as its filming location. Production is set to begin this summer throughout the Coastal Virginia region.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today concluded her week-long international economic trade mission to the United Kingdom, Italy, and France, where she met with global business leaders to strengthen Virginia’s trade relationships and position the Commonwealth for future investment. The Governor was joined throughout the mission by Secretary of Commerce and Trade Carrie Chenery, Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Katie Frazier, and representatives from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP), the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC), and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger highlighted a new grant program — funded through an amendment the Governor proposed to the Commonwealth’s biennial budget — which invests $2 million each year to support localities and departments in providing cancer screenings for career firefighters. The budget amendment allows for $350 per eligible screening for career firefighters.

RICHMOND, VA — On the 61st anniversary of the signing of Medicare and Medicaid into law, Governor Abigail Spanberger and her administration are working to keep as many Virginians covered as possible in the wake of the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program’s history imposed by H.R.1, President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced a $2.4 million investment in Virginia’s life sciences ecosystem through Virginia Catalyst’s highly competitive grant program. Virginia Catalyst was founded in 2013 as Virginia’s research consortium through the efforts of the Virginia General Assembly and five of Virginia’s premiere research institutions.

RICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger announced today that since taking office in January, her administration has restored the right to vote for 66,085 Virginians who were formerly incarcerated.