North Carolina lawmakers are considering a plan to allow up to four new casinos in rural areas of the state. They see a recently opened casino in Danville, Virginia — a few miles north of the state line — as an example of how gambling could help economically challenged communities.

The Nansemond Indian Nation is one of seven federally recognized tribes in Virginia.

The city is the first in Virginia to use a funding mechanism called an environmental impact bond. Officials broke ground this week on the first set of projects under the Resilient Hampton initiative.

A Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates sent a mass political email to employees of the Williamsburg-James City County school division where she works shortly after criticizing her Republican opponent for dropping off campaign-funded doughnuts at some of the same schools.