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A declared winner, and a recount, in Virginia’s 5th district, and a resolution on a veterans’ benefit program… Jeff Schapiro joins us to review the week in Virginia politics….
UVa withholds the degrees of several grads who took part in May anti-war protests… Democrats in the General Assembly say they’ve reached a deal on a military tuition benefits program… A review of Virginia’s state-run investment plans provides s
A Frederick County school board member gets a fine and jail time for his participation in the January 6th attack on the Capitol… A "respite home" will soon open in Harrisonburg for homeless people who need somewhere to recuperate after being ho
State Senate Democrats are again unable to pass a bill to fix issues with a state veterans education benefit program… Six former, current and future members of UVa’s swim team are heading to Paris for the summer Olympics... Fireworks can be tri
Shenandoah National Park closes streams and rivers to fishing due to drought conditions and low water levels… The Virginia Senate is back at the Capitol again to reconsider a veterans benefit program… Hundreds of new laws take effect in Virgini
Albemarle County’s prosecutor wants a court to withhold a report on the 2022 shooting deaths of three UVa students… Members of the General Assembly return to the Capitol to consider a budget question about benefits to veterans and their familie
An old rock quarry and landfill are now a beautiful public park in Waynesboro… With July 1st comes lots of new laws, including prison reforms and changes to the Developmental Disability waiver system… Representative Abigail Spanberger says chan
Staunton asks residents to conserve water, as drought conditions in Virginia worsen… Donald Trump and Governor Youngkin will appear together for the first time in a Chesapeake rally the day after the first presidential debate… UVa opens a new r
Nearly a third of Virginia’s counties are maternity care deserts, and we explore the effect of that lack of care in Page County… The Wildlife Center in Waynesboro is taking in more eagles these days… Efforts to ease the fentanyl crisis in Virgi
A Charlottesville medical tech company graduates from a state program to go global… Virginia’s Education Department, under Governor Glenn Youngkin, proposes changes to a course on Black history… Virginia’s abortion laws haven’t changed since Do
The FBI says it has solved the 1996 case of a brutal double murder of two young women in Shenandoah National Park… Excessive heat is combining with a “flash drought” in Virginia this weekend, with almost no rain relief expected anytime soon… Th
Harrisonburg’s animal shelter is at capacity, and seeking new homes for its pets… Virginia State Police investigates the Town of Broadway’s finances… The official results aren’t in yet, but State Senator John McGuire declares victory over incum
Primary results are in, but as of early on the day after the primary election, the contest in the fifth congressional district is still too close to call… Republican Hung Cao wins the chance to challenge incumbent Senator Tim Kaine in November…
It’s primary day in Virginia, and lots of candidates are vying for seats statewide… A UVa senior shatters the women’s 100-meter butterfly world record in her semifinal race at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials… A small family practice has been s
UVa’s athletic foundation creates a scholarship fund in memory of the three student athletes killed in a 2022 shooting… At least three county school boards in the WMRA area have ditched membership in a long-standing school board association, an
The continuing saga of the company called NEXUS now involves a court-ordered forensic accountant… Next Tuesday is primary day in Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro takes a look at some of the more notable contests… Harrisonburg celebrates World Refuge
Virginia has a new state park in Culpeper County, commemorating four major Civil War battles… Craigsville adjusts to the loss of jobs as the Augusta Correctional Center gets set to close for good at the end of the month… Before the Mountain Val
The NAACP sues Shenandoah County’s school board over its renaming of schools for Confederates… Meanwhile, Rockingham County’s school board votes to ditch a lobbying group it deems too liberal… Shenandoah National Park hosts events to promote th
Military veterans on the frontline of state politics, the builders of the Mountain Valley Pipeline say it’s complete, and the Virginia Department of Health struggles for funding.
Ensuring access to contraception aborted, a difficult political environment for environmental initiatives, and roadblocks to fixing traffic backups on I-81.
Feuds between the Virginia Governor and the Virginia Legislature, erosion along the route of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and a look back at the news of the week.
Primary races across the Commonwealth, the Youngkin administration shifts emissions standards into reverse, and we look at new addiction treatment options in our area.
Youngkin vetoes protections for those with mental health issues, Richmond public schools require transparent backpacks, and unemployment in the Commonwealth is extremely low.
Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations are down, infighting among Virginia Republicans, and multiple issues at play in the coming election.
Passenger rail setting records in the Commonwealth, what we learn from listening to the natural world, and arguments for taxing and regulating Virginia’s cannabis market.
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