Politics

After talking to inmates, Del. Michael Jones, D-Richmond and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus, said he identified several areas where he sees an immediate need for improvement.

Del. Rip Sullivan is filing the bill for the fourth consecutive year to establish funding incentives for companies to place charging stations in more remote locations in the commonwealth.

The Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission is in its second year of developing and lobbying a list of legislative priorities to share with General Assembly members in the upcoming session. Other planning and regional commissions across Southwest and Southside Virginia may not put together a comprehensive list of legislative goals, but many have overlapping needs.

Three special elections for General Assembly seats are being held Jan. 7. We’ve sent questionnaires to all the candidates; now have already responded.

People at the Langley Air Force Base area in Hampton Roads saw drone activity there last year, but the instruments set up to detect them did not, a Virginia Tech drone expert said. Researchers want to change that.

After a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill, Congress passed a funding bill to keep the federal government running through March and to provide about $100 billion in aid to states stricken by hurricanes Helene and Milton, along with other disasters.

Counting more than 40,000 ballots is taking longer than expected, and the process will continue Friday morning.

Reuben Lawson was a “forgotten legal titan,” a Black lawyer who was involved in the most prominent integration cases in the western part of Virginia.