“Without context, we are going to be hung out to dry here,” Spence added.

The evening news tells such tales with disturbing regularity, a product of Virginia’s rapidly rising pedestrian death rate.

The final bill lawmakers sent to Northam to set a flat rate of 15 days off for every 30 days served, which would reduce a 10-year sentence to a little over six and a half years.

When Virginia State Police procurement officials issued a request for proposals for new radio equipment this summer and convened a mandatory pre-bid meeting for companies interested in the project, only Motorola and its partners showed up, according to state procurement records.

The decision overturns a Fairfax County judge’s ruling last year that the data collection program violated Virginia privacy laws, which stopped police from continuing the program.

“More importantly,” it continues, “it has hampered honest dialogue and broader understanding of the challenges we face.”

A bill aimed at changing that failed during the special legislative session, which concluded last week.

“While early, national and global trends suggest concerns about winter case growth and schools reopening may be founded,” the institute wrote in its most recent update.

Elections Commissioner Chris Piper said the state can’t prohibit anyone from voting if they insist on casting a ballot indoors without wearing a mask.

“At the end of the day, we didn’t make out so bad,” said John Jones, director of the Virginia Sheriffs' Association.