Eighty-nine of Virginia’s 133 localities may not have to comply with a law passed in 2020 meant to improve the response to mental and behavioral health crises across the state.
In Virginia, victims of violent crime can tap into a state fund to pay their medical bills, funeral expenses and other related out-of-pocket costs. Some lawmakers want to make sure debt collectors can’t harass people while they wait for those payments to come through.
Lawmakers from both parties on Tuesday voted down proposals that would have ended monopoly electric utility Dominion Energy’s ability to give massive sums of campaign money to the lawmakers who