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The Harrisonburg City Council has postponed a rezoning request for a controversial property downtown... Public school enrollment is expected to decline in the next decade... The E-P-A is cancelling a program that would expand solar energy... The Wildlife Center of Virginia released two bald eagles that were in its care... And near Richmond, federal immigration agents detained the 19-year-old son of an Afghan refugee

The Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton celebrated contributions to American independence from the people of Virginia’s Frontier ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary... Candidates for Virginia’s lieutenant governor are making their pitches to local leaders... Democrats disagree with Governor Glenn Youngkin’s positive outlook on the state’s economy ... Meanwhile, the Virginia Department of Corrections struggles to fill open jobs... And Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government

VMI announces a new superintendent to replace the first Black leader, ousted by the board in February… Dozens of Virginia National Guardsmen begin training to provide support for federal ICE enforcement… An emergency House of Delegates committee meets to hear more about federal changes to government assistance programs….

State police investigate a fatal shooting by a Shenandoah County sheriff's deputy… Virginia’s attorney general sues Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs over failure to pay benefits... Virginia’s Board of Health votes to go further in limiting transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports….

The Harrisonburg City School Board will end its involvement with Massanutten Technical Center... Dominion Energy plans to install solar panels on the roof of Richmond’s baseball stadium... Governor Glenn Youngkin supports a federal push to use National Guard Troops to aid in immigration enforcement... Data centers are becoming one of the hottest issues on the campaign trail... And a group of Harrisonburg church goers has been offering free rides to immigrants...

The University of Virginia ends a decades-long program for low-income students... People may be leaving the state of Virginia as its considered a high tax state... A controversial data center proposed for Northern Virginia is on hold... The Virginia Department of Social Services shared SNAP applicants data with the federal government... And Williamsburg launched an outreach program to serve people without housing...

A new report predicts job losses and a weaker economy in Virginia... A state science committee studies possible health effects of heavy use of chatbots... We search for dragonflies in Nelson County....

The University of Virginia’s student council declared “no confidence” in the school’s board of visitors... A jury trial for executives of the company Nexus has been delayed again... Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered stronger oversight of Virginia nursing homes... The Republican candidate for governor is accused of violating disclosure laws... And the ACLU is suing the state of Virginia over disenfranchisement of felons

Just over a month after being sworn in, former Valley Delegate Todd Gilbert resigns as U.S. attorney… We examine how local hospitals are adjusting to massive cuts in health care spending… Will 2025 be a wave election for Democrats?

Virginia’s Head Start program faces headwinds in the wake of federal cuts… Local hospitals brace for big cuts in their funding… We explore the prospects for moving statewide elections to even years, like most other states….