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Already ensnared in a myriad of charges including fraud, a former CEO of Nexus now faces an assault charge… Hundreds of VMI alumni sign an open letter questioning the decision to remove the school’s first Black superintendent… Governor Youngkin considers a bill to crack down on invasive plants….

Protesters rally in Harrisonburg to support local immigrant communities… Virginia’s head of education abruptly resigns… Democrats sound alarm bells about the effect on Virginians if Washington cuts aid programs….

Virginia orders health insurance companies Anthem and Cigna to reimburse hundreds of thousands in overcharges... We meet some of the candidates running in Virginia elections this year... Virginia’s education secretary has resigned, and teachers are still waiting for instructional guides on history....

Virginia’s attorney general faces a lawsuit for malicious prosecution… Governor Youngkin says Virginia employers are ready to welcome federal employees who are losing their jobs… Meanwhile, the governor considers a bill that would change how the energy grid works….

The governor declares a state of emergency in advance of a major winter storm… Cases of respiratory illness in Virginia are high and trending upward… The Virginia High School League says it will ban transgender girls from playing in girls’ sports in compliance with President Trump’s executive order….

Hundreds march in Harrisonburg in support of immigrant communities… The General Assembly considers bills to protect contraception, and to help prison inmates avoid extreme heat… Harrisonburg novelist Rebecca Kauffman is WMRA’s featured Books & Brews guest for February, and we preview her new book telling the same story through the experiences of multiple people….

President Trump’s effort to cut billions in research funding sparks a heated debate in Virginia’s legislature... Meanwhile, Dominion’s CEO says he’s not worried that Trump may revoke permits for the company’s giant off-shore wind project... After last year’s defiance by two electoral board members in Waynesboro, a new state bill would clarify that certifying election results is a ministerial duty of local election boards....

Both houses of the General Assembly release their proposed budgets… UVa’s and VCU’s medical systems stop providing gender-affirming care to patients under age 19 to comply with an executive order from President Trump… The NCAA settles a lawsuit with Virginia over its rules prohibiting NIL compensation for recruits….

The brother of the Parkland, Florida school shooter is arrested for allegedly trespassing on school properties in Augusta County… Open ranger jobs at Shenandoah National Park are caught up in Trump’s hiring freeze… Jeff Schapiro surveys a busy week in Richmond….

Democratic state Senate leaders reject an effort by Representative Ben Cline to investigate a Democratic Senator over alleged influence at VMI… Virginia Republicans could have a primary for governor in June, as Dave LaRock throws his hat in the ring, along with the lieutenant governor… Governor Youngkin is expected to add to his record number of vetoes in the coming weeks….