The budget proposed by former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine includes a series of little-noticed fee increases that would ratchet up the cost of everything from booze to property insurance to measuring devices on a farm.
Kaine, who left office Saturday, handed off a two-year spending plan in December that calls for $155.5 million in new charges, according to a House Appropriations Committee analysis.
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