Virginia’s next General Assembly won’t convene until Jan. 10, but senators and delegates have already begun penning legislation.

Because of the region’s vulnerability to sea level rise, a group of lawmakers from Hampton Roads pushed the Biden administration to appoint a resilience coordinator under the Department of Defense.

Before the new class of General Assembly members takes office in January, they are facing a push from local government leaders to quickly address Virginia’s historical underfunding of its school divisions.