Politics

County supervisors considered cutting funding for the arts nonprofit, then voted to provide the money after all. Here’s a look at some of what was going on behind the scenes.

Revenues from RGGI, a carbon cap-and-trade program, have funded weatherization and flood resiliency projects across the state. Here’s a look at where that funding has gone in Southwest and Southside Virginia.

Some structural changes have improved delays, but officials are waiting to see if they will last. They’ve asked for help from U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who says mail problems aren’t unique to Southwest Virginia and is pressing for answers.

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.

Roanoke has a Democratic council, Lynchburg a Republican one, but both have taken the same action to curb crime.

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.

One supervisor who had voted for Joetricia Humbles’ removal last month acknowledged that he’d followed his own beliefs and not the law. “This can be a teachable moment,” he said in asking her to be reinstated.

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.

Of the 15 people who spoke at Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting, about half were against providing any county funding for the June Bug Center. The other half spoke in support of the arts nonprofit.