Maine and Virginia Budgets Take Effect With New Tax Measures

Maine's $500 million supplemental budget took effect after passing the state Legislature, according to The Maine Wire. Separately, Virginia's new biennium budget took effect July 1, 2026, according to the Office of the Governor of Virginia. These are distinct state budgets covering different jurisdictions and time periods, reported by different sources. In Maine, the supplemental budget passed largely along partisan lines in the House, with numerous Republican-backed amendments rejected before the final version reached the governor's desk. The law includes a potential new top income tax bracket that could raise the effective rate to 9.15 percent for high earners on a portion of their income. In Virginia, the new budget includes a record $2 billion in new public education funding, a first-of-its-kind energy consumption tax on data centers, and tax relief through increased standard deductions for filers. Each report comes from a single source, so specific figures and provisions—including the exact scope of Maine's new tax bracket and the details of Virginia's data center tax—remain corroborated by only one publisher each. No independent confirmation of these budgets' full contents, implementation timelines, or subsequent legislative or public reaction was available in the supplied reporting.