The seat of state government in Richmond is becoming a battleground in an expanding turf war between the General Assembly and Gov. Glenn Youngkin, with control of state agencies and buildings at stake.
The budget the Senate adopted last week would challenge the Youngkin administration over control of the newly renovated Old City Hall — a national historic landmark facing Capitol Square — and a new state government parking garage at the corner of North Ninth and East Broad streets across from the newly opened General Assembly Building.
Old City Hall, left, a national historic landmark saved from demolition almost 50 years ago, has become a political battleground between the General Assembly and the Youngkin administration.
Control of Old City Hall is currently divided between the executive and legislative branches of government, but the Youngkin administration unveiled a plan last month to move parts of two agencies into the building, which is already home to …