The Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton celebrated contributions to American independence from the people of Virginia’s Frontier ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary... Candidates for Virginia’s lieutenant governor are making their pitches to local leaders... Democrats disagree with Governor Glenn Youngkin’s positive outlook on the state’s economy ... Meanwhile, the Virginia Department of Corrections struggles to fill open jobs... And Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government

The Harrisonburg City Council has postponed a rezoning request for a controversial property downtown... Public school enrollment is expected to decline in the next decade... The E-P-A is cancelling a program that would expand solar energy... The Wildlife Center of Virginia released two bald eagles that were in its care... And near Richmond, federal immigration agents detained the 19-year-old son of an Afghan refugee

The University of Virginia’s student council declared “no confidence” in the school’s board of visitors... A jury trial for executives of the company Nexus has been delayed again... Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered stronger oversight of Virginia nursing homes... The Republican candidate for governor is accused of violating disclosure laws... And the ACLU is suing the state of Virginia over disenfranchisement of felons

The Virginia National Guard will begin training with ICE this month... The Wildlife Center of Virginia will release two bald eagles... Poll workers are being recruited ahead of election season... A former associate of the embattled company Nexus has opened a 3D printing business... Higher education is hot topic among candidates running for the Virginia House of Delegates... And community leaders got a chance to meet the new executive director for the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Habitat for Humanity

The University of Virginia ends a decades-long program for low-income students... People may be leaving the state of Virginia as its considered a high tax state... A controversial data center proposed for Northern Virginia is on hold... The Virginia Department of Social Services shared SNAP applicants data with the federal government... And Williamsburg launched an outreach program to serve people without housing...

The cost of health care through the health insurance marketplace is likely to increase... Virginia Republicans are embracing early voting... Virginia Commonwealth University removes references to race in scholarships... Researchers at Old Dominion University discover 5,000 year old sand dunes... Students learn how to care for animals at the Wildlife Center of Virginia... And politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government...

Many women are on the ballot in Virginia this fall... The town of New Market is developing a commissary kitchen... A team at UVA is working on a better weather forecasting system... And the Rappahannock Indian Tribe celebrates after obtaining a thousand of acres of ancestral land...

The Harrisonburg City School Board will end its involvement with Massanutten Technical Center... Dominion Energy plans to install solar panels on the roof of Richmond’s baseball stadium... Governor Glenn Youngkin supports a federal push to use National Guard Troops to aid in immigration enforcement... Data centers are becoming one of the hottest issues on the campaign trail... And a group of Harrisonburg church goers has been offering free rides to immigrants...

UVA has selected an interim president... Virginia Tech releases a study looking at helmet safety... Reactions to Virginia Commonwealth University’s decision to end gender-affirming care for minors... And president Donald Trump could endorse a candidate in Virginia’s race for governor...

George Mason University’s president will hang on to his job for now... A Henrico-based contractor has been chosen to operate a federal immigration detention center... Meanwhile, ICE agents raided a neighborhood in Southside Richmond... And affordable housing is on the ballot in Virginia...