Va. Lawmaker Takes Job at William and Mary After Sponsoring $20-Million Deal

Only six months after landing a $160,000-a-year teaching gig at his law-school alma mater, the College of William and Mary, a powerful state senator, Tommy Norment, sponsored nearly $20-million in spending for the college, The Virginian-Pilot reported. Mr. Norment, a Republican and senior member of the Finance Committee, was hired to teach two courses in what the newspaper called the “most lucrative” instance of a Virginia lawmaker on the payroll of a state university. The deal echoes one, also disclosed by The Virginian-Pilot, in which another state college, Old Dominion University, hired another state lawmaker; the arrangement was later rescinded.