The budget deal Virginia lawmakers will soon vote on includes funding to give teachers and state employees pay raises, money for public schools, one-time tax rebates and investments in key programs.

It also allocates money for proposals to increase state prison oversight, address learning loss, bring back Virginia’s “sales tax holiday” and help plan the potential pursuit of a professional sports team.

Budget negotiators announced an agreement on proposed changes to Virginia’s two-year spending plan in late August, months after lawmakers approved a so-called “skinny budget” plan at the end of the 2023 legislative session.

https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/a-look-at-virginias-2023-budget-deal-pay-raises-tax-cuts-funding-for-schools-mental-health-and-more/

Here is Tyler's Sunday late morning weather forecast update.

Body camera footage captured the moment two deputies with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office rescued a man who attempted to jump from a bridge in Appalachia.

On Monday, Dec. 4, Deputies Anthony Walsh and Alex Stallard responded to the bridge for a reported distress call. When they arrived, they found a man standing on the bridge, threatening to jump.

“Understanding the urgency of the situation, both deputies immediately engaged in communication with the individual, employing their extensive crisis intervention training to dissuade him from taking his own life,” a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office said.

A vehicle was seen engulfed in flames in a business parking lot off of Midlothian Turnpike on Monday afternoon.

The vehicle fire was located in the 11300 block of Midlothian Turnpike. Photos captured at the scene around 1:15 p.m. showed black smoke billowing from the flames.

Chesterfield County fire crews have responded and are currently at the scene.

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/photos-vehicle-engulfed-in-flames-in-parking-lot-on-midlothian-turnpike/