Virginia finally has a state budget after months of negotiations, with bipartisan efforts leading to its approval.

The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has approved long-overdue budget legislation, sending it to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty University has filed a lawsuit against Virginia on the basis of discrimination. The legal complaint alleges that amendments to the 2020 Virginia Budget wrongly exclude Virginia’s online students from receiving the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant, according to Liberty. Ralph Northam and Peter Blake, the director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Since 1973, the state of Virginia has provided economic assistance to Virginia residents seeking higher education through its VTAG program and until 2020, students, regardless of being online or in-person, could apply to receive funding. The 2020 VTAG amendments harm all of these groups, and others.”The case is currently pending in the United States District Court For The Western District Of Virginia Lynchburg Division.