Markus Schmidt

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s approval rating in Virginia is at 40%.

Other details haven’t been released. A special session of the General Assembly will be needed to pass what budget negotiators have agreed on.

Tim Heaphy, the former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia who served as chief investigative counsel of the Jan. 6 committee, talks about his findings on former President Donald Trump’s alleged plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The Democratic Party’s struggle to field candidates in Southwest and Southside not only leaves hundreds of thousands of rural voters without representation on the ballot, but it adds to the frustration that many Democrats in those areas have been feeling about being written off by the party’s leadership.

Trudy Berry says a gravely ill party activist sent her paperwork to the wrong address, causing her to miss the deadline to be certified as a candidate.

The woman who has accused Fariss of purposely striking her with his SUV in March said in court that she was “terrified.” The two of them had been in a romantic relationship for at least a year, his attorney told the court.

The Black Lung Benefits Act provides compensation to relatives of coal miners whose deaths are attributable to the disease. The senator said current requirements call for “unnecessarily strict burdens of proof” for families to get benefits.

Del. Matt Fariss, R-Campbell County, was due in Campbell County General District Court for a preliminary hearing on two felony charges in an alleged hit-and-run that injured a pedestrian in March and led to the woman obtaining a protective order against him.

Trudy Berry of Mecklenburg County, Gregory Maxwell of Franklin County, Jessica Rowlands of Chesterfield County and Zach Coltrain of Virginia Beach are those whose place on the ballot is in doubt.

The tax-free weekend has been a back-to-school staple in Virginia since 2006, but the General Assembly missed a critical deadline to extend it.