Politics

A new Virginia law makes it difficult for parties to use anything other than a state-run primary. Lynchburg Republicans are going to try anyway. The law’s sponsor says he’ll encourage a lawsuit.

The sheriff’s office will use the grant to pay overtime for officers patrolling areas with high rates of violent crime or activity related to gangs or drugs.

The main point of contention was whether to give medical marijuana companies a head start. The bill approved does not.

Personal possession of marijuana is already legal, but buying and selling it isn’t. Democrats are pushing to change that but Gov. Glenn Youngkin remains cool to the idea.

Del. Ellen Campbell, R-Rockbridge County, had proposed minors’ access to social media apps be restricted when they should be sleeping.

A Senate committee also rejected a measure that would expand concealed handgun permits to cover other types of weapons.

Hundreds of thousands of utility poles must be added or replaced as part of the state’s broadband expansion. ISPs and electric utilities have disagreed about who should have to pay.

The Republican congressman faces a primary challenge from state Sen. John McGuire, who accuses him of being a “never-Trumper.”

Griffin argued that rural and urban Virginia have “different cultures” and that rural areas “should be able to live the way we want to live.”