The Virginia General Assembly session

State lawmakers have returned to deal with gubernatorial amendments to the budget and the election of certain judges.

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 May 14, 2012

Del. Lacey E. Putney (I-Bedford), chairman of Virginia's House Appropriations Committee, listens to proposed amendments to the state budget during a committee meeting at the General Assembly Building in Richmond. The General Assembly is back in town to deal with gubernatorial amendments to the budget and the election of certain judges.

Bob Brown / Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP

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