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Harrisonburg’s city council selects former councilman Richard Baugh to temporarily fill the seat vacated by George Hirschmann… A huge facility in Cumberland County that breeds beagles for medical research is shut down over allegations of mistreatment of the animals, and meanwhile Virginia strengthens state laws against animal cruelty… The General Assembly has finally passed a two-year budget, now on the governor’s desk, and we survey that and more in Virginia politics and government with Jeff Schapiro….

A man from Winchester is being prosecuted in federal court after allegedly making a series of online posts threatening to kill or harm Vice President Harris… The NAACP is suing Shenandoah County’s school board over its May decision to revert to Confederate names for two schools, and we launch a four-part series diving into that, and the history behind it… VMI is known for emphasizing strength and self-discipline, but this fall the school will use canine therapy to ease the transition to college….

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 continuing saga of the company called NEXUS now involves a court-ordered forensic accountant… Next Tuesday is primary day in Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro takes a look at some of the more notable contests… Harrisonburg celebrates World Refugee Day….

Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga are the No. 1 seeds in the four regions of the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship. Now it's time to start picking your winners if you're a college basketball fan.

The recent death by suicide of a JMU student-athlete was not the first such death on campus this year… Harrisonburg’s vice-mayor says he will not seek re-election… We have our weekly Virginia politics review, dominated this week of course by the debate over abortion access….

Police are still not saying what motivated the gunman who walked into a crowded Aurora, Colo., movie theater and opened fired. Suspect James Holmes, 24, was apprehended immediately after the attack. Until recently, he was a grad student studying neuroscience.

Air quality in our part of Virginia has worsened into the unhealthy range due to the wildfire smoke from Canada, and that can cause health problems for many… Attorneys representing abortion providers in Virginia and two other states ask a federal judge in Charlottesville to shield them from new restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone… As air quality tanks, the state’s air pollution control board removes Virginia from RGGI, and Jeff Schapiro joins us for some analysis….

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.