Budget deal likely Friday if Medicaid is resolved

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new compromise on Virginia’s budget will have to wait for Friday morning.

House and Senate budget negotiators neared agreement Thursday night on revisions for the second year of the $88 billion biennial spending blueprint for state government. But differences over the pace of expanding Medicaid under the federal health care reform law complicated talks.

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