The state Senate has agreed with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recommendation to remove a second legislative vote on approving a referendum that could make Petersburg Virginia’s fifth and final − for now − casino host city.
The vote was 32-8 to strike the language. One Democrat, Danica Roem of Prince William County, joined seven Republicans in voting against the removal.
Sen. Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg and chief co-patron of the legislation, asked her colleagues to support the governor’s amendment.
