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In the General Assembly, just days after a Trump order ending gender-affirming care for minors, legislation advances to protect those who give such care… Bills to toughen immigration enforcement fail… A bill by Senator Creigh Deeds of Charlottesville to help communities with solar projects is still alive….

We launch a new series on medical cannabis in Virginia… As the General Assembly passes its halfway point, bills to protect access to contraception, and to reform campaign finance advance… The ACLU and other advocacy groups sue President Trump over his ban on gender affirming medical care….

As state lawmakers prepare for federal job and spending cuts, anti-Trump protesters descend on Richmond… The General Assembly begins the second half of its session… We visit the orphaned bear cubs spending their first months of life at Waynesboro’s Wildlife Center….

An alleged gunman is killed by a so-called "good Samaritan" bystander with their own gun at a shopping center in Crozet… Harrisonburg immigrants and their advocates prepare for stepped-up ICE enforcement… Trump’s cuts to federal research funding could have a big economic impact on university cities such as Charlottesville….

UVa’s medical center has resumed providing gender-affirming care for minors… Virginia’s burn ban takes effect… We have an update on the General Assembly, entering its final week of the session….

Police say more people could have been killed during a shooting in Crozet if an off-duty federal agent hadn’t been there… Protesters take Presidents’ Day to rally against the current president… Sixth District Representative Ben Cline talks about his vote in favor of terminating the Department of Education….

A fire in a JMU dorm displaces hundreds of students, but no one is hurt… Many customers in southside Virginia are still without electricity, after this week’s ice storm downed trees and power lines… We review the latest from the General Assembly, and we have analysis of the week in Richmond from Jeff Schapiro….

Residents in Charlottesville are in favor of expanding food options with a new co-op grocery store… We review the week in the General Assembly, with analysis from Jeff Schapiro… A new program in the House of Delegates aims to make it easier for parents to seek office — and stay there….

The judge overseeing a fraud trial for the leaders of NEXUS issues another delay… UVa’s board of visitors will assess the school’s health care system and its resumption of gender-affirming care for minors… We explore what’s being done in the Valley to help those who have inadequate access to both healthy food and health care….

VMI’s board of visitors votes against keeping the school’s first Black superintendent in the job… JMU education students plan to walk out of classes on Wednesday to protest federal cuts… Virginians share the same rising fears about inflation and tariffs as the rest of the country, as consumer confidence plunges….