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Former Congressman Denver Riggleman returns from humanitarian work in Ukraine… A quarter-million Virginians could lose Medicaid coverage if President Trump’s massive budget bill passes… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in Virginia politics….

By law, Virginia’s largest electric utility must stop emitting carbon by 2045. Community leaders and residents convened in Staunton on Saturday for an annual forum about recent federal policy changes. Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin is considering about a hundred bills that are on his desk right now, and his deadline to take action is at the end of the week.

Today is the first day of early voting for statewide and local primaries, Charlottesville City Schools acquire the former Federal Executive Institute property at no cost, Controversy surrounding the Republican nominee to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor has been one of the top stories this week.

A small earthquake jostles central Virginia... The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is on track to provide a record amount of food aid, in the face of cuts to federal assistance... There are new restrictions on debt collectors who go after money owed to hospitals and doctors....

Waynesboro officials warn residents of phone scammers pretending to be from the police department... Governor Youngkin signs Virginia’s budget, but vetoes dozens of proposed changes... Meanwhile, spending on public education in Virginia falls behind the rest of the country....

The governing body for Virginia’s student athletes approves new rules in line with the president’s order against trans athletes... New state legislation affects the use of license plate readers... Faster-than-normal sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay threatens the Pamunkey Tribe....

The former leaders of Nexus again change attorneys in a criminal case where they stand accused of financially exploiting a young man… We talk with one Valley family deeply affected by the end of Virginia's subminimum wage program… We preview Wednesday’s reconvene session in the General Assembly….

Dominion Energy wants to raise electric bills by nearly 14 percent… Not surprisingly, Democrats didn’t have the votes to override the governor’s vetoes during the reconvene session, and we take a look at where amended bills go from here… Hundreds of people gather in Richmond for the annual March for Life….

Religious exemptions to kindergarten vaccinations climb at elementary schools in Staunton and Augusta County… A bipartisan effort to inform parents of safe gun storage laws and the dangers of freely accessible medication may be doomed because of an amendment from the governor… Meanwhile, environmental groups prepare for this week's reconvene session of the General Assembly….

Shenandoah National Park is among the national parks hardest hit by President Trump's layoffs and cutbacks... We review some of the amendments being considered in today’s reconvene session of the General Assembly… UVa law students create a database to allow the public better access to decision-making by Virginia’s parole board….