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A settlement in a jail death case and more Va. headlines [1]

['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- January']

Date: 2024-01

• The family of a Virginia jail inmate who died by suicide after a medication was discontinued has settled a civil lawsuit for $1.75 million.—Associated Press

• “A Virginia tribe says racism wiped their Native identity from historic records. Nearly a century later, they’re still fighting for recognition.”—CNN

• The Blacksburg-based Secular Society wiped out more than $12.1 million in medical debt, covering outstanding bills for 14,434 people who live in Southwest Virginia.—Cardinal News

• Much of the state government workforce will be working out of new buildings soon as officials reassess and reshuffle office space in downtown Richmond.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• “Meet the Virginia politician climbing volcanoes.”—Axios

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