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A local FEMA employee is reinstated after getting fired in a round of DOGE purging, and a local produce distribution program gets its funding back… In Part 2 of a series, we explore local law enforcement cooperation with ICE… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in politics and state government….

A social media post claims that members of a JMU frat were seen using Nazi salutes and chants, and LGBTQ+ slurs… Virginia's rising unemployment creates a new sense of uncertainty about the state's economy… In the first of a two-part investigation, we explore how local law enforcement agencies are working with ICE….

The third day of a high profile murder trial in Harrisonburg ends Wednesday in the middle of testimony, probably going to the jury Thursday… Confusion over the abrupt federal funding freeze affects Virginia’s budget process… The General Assembly considers an effort to alleviate food insecurity on Virginia's college campuses….

A jury finds Anthony Robinson guilty of murdering two women in Harrisonburg in 2021… Harrisonburg City Public Schools officials push back on Trump administration claims about “indoctrination” of children… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in Virginia politics, including official reaction to the deadly plane crash at Reagan National….

A judge rules that the lawsuit against the Shenandoah County school board over Confederate school names will go forward... Volunteers in Charlottesville work together to provide a place to stay for families going to UVa for medical care... The General Assembly advances bills to streamline paperwork for college students with disabilities, and to provide free breakfast to public school students....

Rockingham County’s school board expresses its intention to follow Governor Youngkin’s directive to do more against antisemitism... As we enter hurricane season, the governor says Virginia is prepared, despite Trump administration cuts to FEMA... After DHS named Trump-friendly Augusta County as one of many on its list of “sanctuary jurisdictions,” a national sheriff’s association complains and the list is taken down….

Harrisonburg ends its mandatory water restrictions… Activists in Harrisonburg and Charlottesville protest the war in Gaza, and threats to the rule of law in the U.S…. Meanwhile, the Democratic-led General Assembly and the Republican governor are still at odds over how federal cuts will impact Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro has analysis….

A harmful algal bloom means no swimming at a park in Albemarle County… Governor Youngkin recognizes Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month… Will new Trump administration rules on species protection affect the eastern hellbender?

Some residents in Louisa County are again under a boil-water notice after an electric outage… DMV says watch out for a new text messaging scam… Republican Terry Kilgore is the new minority leader in the House of Delegates….

Some UVa students, workers and faculty are opposing Governor Youngkin’s appointment of former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to the school’s governing board… Once at odds over a reservoir in Rockbridge County, Scouting America and local conservationists are now working together on a new management plan… Our series on cannabis in Virginia continues, with a look at how some medical cannabis patients are being protected in the workplace….