Lawmakers readying to investigate Virginia’s hiring of Northrop Grumman to run its computer systems say controversy surrounding the deal is an embarrassment. “The integrity of our governmental processes has been questioned . . . as a result of last week’s events,“ said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles J. Colgan, D-Prince William, referring to the abrupt dismissal of the state’s information-technology chief, Lemuel C. Stewart Jr.

The state Senate has rejected for the year efforts to force insurance companies to pay for treatment for children with autism.