Lawmakers are debating a number of bills about what happens inside Virginia classrooms.

And as Michael Pope reports, they’re also considering a bill that aimed at improving school buildings across Virginia.

In Virginia, utility companies are allowed a certain rate of return. If they make more money than that, they typically have to give it back.

But Virginia also has a law which, unlike in other states, allows companies to take over-earnings and invest them in infrastructure projects.

As Jahd Khalil reports, the House of Delegates is taking a closer look at that.

Remnants of southwestern Virginia’s economic past may be among the keys to its economic future. And researchers are looking for ways to make the Chesapeake Bay safer for humpback whales.

Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link.

More now from Fred Echols.