Plus: Winsome Earle-Sears announces she’s returning to the campaign trail, more money is heading to Tazewell County for Hurricane Helene relief and the governor includes two Southwest Virginians in her latest round of board appointments.
Elizabeth Beyer
Elizabeth Beyer is our Richmond-based state politics and government reporter.
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Suetterlein, McNamara want special session to extend time Virginia has to review Dominion-NextEra merger
The two Roanoke Valley legislators appealed to Gov. Spanberger to call for a special session. The current deadline doesn’t give Virginia much leverage, they said.
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Bestiality porn charges against former Patrick County board candidate dropped
All 10 felony counts of attempting to possess bestiality materials were dropped after a judge found that the warrant used to seize Malcolm Roach’s computer was invalid.
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Notes from the Square: General Assembly backs Spanberger’s appeal to SCC regarding data center transmission costs
Plus: Hashmi releases a reading list ahead of autumn Southwest Virginia college tour; Griffith applauds federal money for Helene housing recovery, announces $3 million for Head Start programs.
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Spanberger: $7.3 million to be disbursed to rebuild housing damaged by Helene
The commonwealth received the money in 2025 through a federal Housing and Urban Development Department disaster relief block grant program.
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Notes from the Square: President Donald Trump’s DOJ sues the commonwealth
Plus: Gov. Abigail Spanberger issues more board appointments, and a new head to lead the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
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General Assembly passes Spanberger’s budget amendments, biennial budget is finalized
The House and Senate approved all 14 of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s amendments to the spending bill in a move that brought an end to the nearly half-year-long budget uncertainty.
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Notes from the Square: 2 former 6th District competitors swap endorsements
Plus: Attorney General Jay Jones issues a message to the firearm industry and $6.19 million to be disbursed from the EPA to clean up brownfields in Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Background checks for private firearm sales to resume July 1
A Lynchburg Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of Attorney General Jay Jones’ request for a dissolution of an injunction that halted private sale background checks, off and on, since October.
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General Assembly passes a budget, consumption tax for data centers included
The spending bill will now head to Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who will have line-item veto authority over the legislation.
