Local advocates are rallying this week in support of Haitian and Syrian immigrants as the U-S Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding Temporary Protected Status... Meanwhile, in Virginia, the state Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to the congressional redistricting effort... Voter confusion could explain why Democrats underperformed in last week’s referendum vote, despite winning… Governor Abigail Spanberger marked her first 100 days in office touting legislative victories… and a new cat café opens in Winchester…

The Supreme Court of Virginia will hear oral arguments today regarding last week’s vote in favor of a constitutional amendment that would redraw the state’s congressional districts... We’ll have a preview of today’s arguments and how a nearly century-old ruling could inform today’s hearing... Meanwhile dozens of horses were quarantined after exposure to a disease at an event in Culpeper County… and fluctuating temperatures over the past week have impacted Virginia’s wineries…

The General Assembly’s special budget session ends without agreement on a budget… Jeff Schapiro weighs in on that, plus the vote in favor of redistricting, which is now up to the state Supreme Court… We talk with a former South Carolina governor and head of the World Food Programme about his visit to a JMU forum….

Elkton, without running water for part of last weekend, works to restore service to residents… Staunton releases the first draft of its flood resilience system… A silent disco fundraiser is coming to Charlottesville as part of the Tom Tom Festival….

Voters pass Virginia’s redistricting referendum to redraw congressional maps in favor of Democrats… Data centers need more electricity, and residents and environmentalists in central Virginia are pushing back against new transmission lines… Community-based mediation centers, including the Fairfield Center in Harrisonburg, face increasing financial strain….

Those for and against Virginia’s redistricting amendment have made their closing arguments, and today is the last day to vote… On Virginia’s budget, Senate Democrats are at odds with their House counterparts, and with the Democrat in the governor’s mansion… A Charlottesville pastor talks about how her faith informs her views on climate change….

A major health care provider in the Shenandoah Valley cuts back, citing Republican cuts in last year’s federal spending bill… Immigration advocates hope state legislators will reject some of the amendments that Governor Spanberger made to bills addressing overreach by ICE… How accessible is information that is supposed to be “public”?

With two wildfires burning in Shenandoah National Park, the National Weather Service issues a red flag fire warning… Jeff Shapiro discusses the week in politics and state government, including the shocking murder-suicide of a once promising politician and his wife… We wrap up our series on the redistricting proposal with a Republican and a Democrat, both running in northern Virginia….

Governor Spanberger dedicates the new home of a Charlottesville agri-tech start-up… Some people with so-called “alpha-gal” syndrome find relief through acupuncture… In the next installment of our series on Virginia’s redistricting referendum, we talk with central Virginia Democrats Tom Perriello and Salaam Bhatti….

Governor Spanberger visits the Harrisonburg area to highlight economic development and transportation initiatives… Our candidate conversations continue with a look at how the 7th congressional district would change if voters approve the redistricting referendum… A statewide summit at Blue Ridge Community College brings together people from agriculture and academia to discuss improving Virginia’s food systems….