Gov. Glenn Youngkin told General Assembly members Thursday that Virginia’s finances have grown even stronger and that worries about President Donald Trump’s policies have proved unfounded.

But he said the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which mandates an end to power plants fired by fossil fuels, needs revision — and later told reporters the act should be dismantled.

Youngkin said the state’s economic development efforts have generated hundreds of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. But he also took time to blast Fairfax County for what he termed its reluctance to offer incentives and for its recent meals tax increase.

“Virginia is as strong financially as she has ever been,” Youngkin said in his annual speech, reporting on state government finances and th

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