• After a ruling by the Supreme Court of Virginia this summer, the state Department of Corrections is extending enhanced sentence credits to more inmates convicted of attempted crimes. The ACLU of Virginia had argued the state was improperly denying the enhanced credits to certain incarcerated people.—Washington Post• The Virginia NAACP is criticizing Senate Democrats’ choice of Fairfax Sen. Scott Surovell to serve as majority leader over Hampton Sen. Mamie Locke, saying her “seniority and demonstrated leadership” should have landed her the role.—Virginian-Pilot• “The family of a Virginia man who was shot and killed by Chesterfield County police on July 8 while under a court-issued temporary detention order for mental health treatment has filed a $35 million lawsuit against the city of Richmond and Chippenham Hospital’s parent company.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch• Three alternative candidates backed by a bipartisan group focused on civility and local rather than national issues won election to the Board of Supervisors of conservative Mathews County, defeating establishment candidates backed by the local GOP. “It was startling, really. I don’t think many people felt that we would have election results like that.”—Washington Post• A Keswick church held its 95th annual “Blessing of the Hounds,” a fox hunting tradition stretching back to the Middle Ages.—Daily Progress

Source: Washington Post November 27, 2023 12:35 UTC