MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia already is likely to face $1.75 billion in new costs for K-12 public schools and Medicaid over the next two years.

House Appropriations Committee staff warned on Thursday that the budget fallout of deep cuts in federal employment and spending also could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fill funding gaps.

Those potential gaps include an additional $360 million for food assistance, $250 million for health insurance premiums, an unknown amount for student financial assistance and loans, and additional help for people who lose their government and private sector jobs.

The massive tax-cut package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 also will require lawmakers eventually to decide on tax policy ch

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