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Voters choosing who will fill southwest Virginia Senate seat

By The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters in southwest Virginia are casting ballots in a special election to fill the seat of the late state Sen. Ben Chafin. He died in January after contracting COVID-19.

Republican Travis Hackworth and Democrat Laurie Buchwald are competing Tuesday for the 38th District seat. Hackworth is a businessman and member of the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors. Buchwald is a nurse practitioner and former Radford city councilor.

Democrats currently have a 21 to 18 Senate majority. Republicans are looking to hold on to that seat. The reliably Republican 38th district stretches from the Virginia-Kentucky border east to Radford.

Completing the FAFSA: Everything you should know

By U.S. News & World Report
Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which opens by Dec. 31, is one of the most important steps students and their families can take to pay for college. Some states now make completing the FAFSA a high school graduation requirement. The U.S. Department of Education awarded about $111.6 billion in federal grants, loans and work-study funds in fiscal year 2022, according to the most recent Federal Student Aid annual report. Those federal funds will assist roughly 9.8 million students in completing their education.
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