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We wrap up the week with a review of proposals in the General Assembly, including raising Virginia’s minimum wage, giving low-income families money for private schooling, and regulating data centers… Jeff Schapiro has analysis in this week’s politics chat….

The outgoing president issues pardons for some of those, including two Virginians, who helped uncover the truth about the January 6th insurrection… The returning president pardons those convicted of engaging in the violence of that day… The General Assembly advances legislation to strip tax breaks for Confederate groups, and to protect abortion, marriage equality and voting rights in the state’s constitution….

Just as he prepares to leave office, President Biden grants a pardon to Virginia House Speaker Don Scott for his decades-old federal drug conviction… The General Assembly is working on a bill to license cannabis dealers, but the governor’s support seems unlikely… That state inspection sticker on your windshield gets a makeover….

We check in with local participants in the Point-In-Time Count, tallying the number of homeless… The General Assembly moves forward with three Democratic-backed constitutional amendments… The legislature also debates what the state should require for parents who home school their children….

Shenandoah County’s school board bans all instruction about gender identity… A Berryville man is sentenced to time served for his participation in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot… Governor Youngkin joins other Republican governors in his support for massive federal cuts that economists say would hurt Virginia….

Virginia’s college students are among those with frequent food insecurity, and the problem may be worse than you think… Virginians have an extra week to sign up for healthcare coverage through the state run marketplace… House Democrats pass resolutions to amend the state’s constitution to protect rights to abortion, voting and marriage equality….

The man near Norfolk accused of stockpiling large numbers of explosives pleads not guilty… Republicans in the General Assembly want to limit transgender girls from participating in school sports… Virginia attorney and law professor Tim Heaphy has some advice on how, after Unite the Right and January 6th, we can restore faith in government….

The first permanent low-barrier homeless shelter opens in Harrisonburg... Governor Youngkin releases his proposed budget... Virginia’s population is getting older, faster....

Record-breaking holiday travel, a rising middle wage in the Commonwealth, and a wrap up of the week’s news in politics.

Warren County’s Board of Supervisors takes control over the county’s public library, despite vociferous opposition from residents… The Mountain Valley Pipeline continues to have issues with erosion control… Across the Eastern U.S., hardwood forests are failing to regenerate, and that’s a problem for wildlife, and the humans who harvest the trees….