State of emergency ahead of Ian and more Va. headlines

The state Capitol. (Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury)

• Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency to prepare for heavy rain from Hurricane Ian.—Virginian-Pilot

• Roanoke’s Democratic mayor says the state got “soft on crime” under Democratic control and wants his city to consider tougher policies like stop-and-frisk to reduce gun violence. “We’ve got to get more punitive.”—Roanoke Rambler

• “Youngkin and his national ambitions straddle the ‘big lie’ divide.”—Washington Post

• Abortion and the economy are the issues driving Virginia’s closely watched congressional matchup between Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Yesli Vega.—Washington Post

• The University of Richmond removed the name of a slave owner, T.C. Williams, from its law school.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Mattaponi tribal leaders are working to bring back the Algonquin language.—Tidewater Review

• The prosecution of a Chesterfield County detective accused of altering search warrants hit a snag when a judge ruled “malfeasance in office” isn’t actually a crime in Virginia.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

by Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

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