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The story of a formerly enslaved woman in Virginia who escaped to freedom is finally being told... A candidate drops his bid for the Republican nomination for the U-S senate race in 2026... and a bill aimed at helping renters is being prepared for when the General Assembly convenes next month...

UVa goes in-house for its new president… Staunton is the latest city to end its experiment with Flock Safety cameras… Now that Republicans will be out of statewide office in Virginia, is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative back in vogue?

A court hears arguments in a challenge to the eligibility of a newly-elected school board member in Shenandoah County… State Senator Bryce Reeves withdraws his name from consideration for the Republican nomination to challenge Senator Mark Warner next year… How are lawmakers, and local school districts, handling the challenge of AI in classrooms?

Our area is still under moderate to severe drought… Advocates for a planned rail-to-trail project in the Shenandoah Valley express alarm at a sudden change in that plan to preserve the railroad… Virginia is experiencing a high number of hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses….

Harrisonburg’s housing authority wants to keep Court Square Theater open… One Staunton family faces the likelihood they will have to leave the country after being denied asylum… The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown costs Virginia thousands in lost tuition….

Under a new agreement, Cigna-insured patients will remain in-network at Augusta Health facilities… New federal rules require Virginia to slash its error rate in computing food aid by nearly half… Democrats have big plans for the first few days of the General Assembly session, introducing a slate of constitutional amendments….

Four volunteers at the Charlottesville area’s top animal shelter have resigned, amid turmoil in the leadership and allegations of animal mistreatment… At a public hearing in Farmville, citizens give mixed grades to an updated draft of Virginia’s history standards prepared by the Youngkin administration… UVa economists and engineers work to determine how goals set forth by the eight-year-old Paris Climate Agreement might actually be reached….

In a story that received national attention, Rockingham County Public Schools concludes its community dialogue process… A promotional video mixes politics and public universities, including JMU, and revives questions over the governor’s openness about the use of campaign funds… Speaking of politics, Jeff Schapiro shares his perspective on the week that was in state politics and government….

A new UVa political study finds that racial and cultural issues have driven many noncollege-educated Whites to support the Republican Party in recent decades… Governor Youngkin’s administration no longer automatically restores voting rights to ex-convicts with a felony on their records… How are local ski resorts faring in the face of climate change? Mallory Noe-Payne has an update from the slopes….

Piedmont Virginia Community College wins state support for a proposed new lab school… Incidents of hate and extremist attacks in Virginia are up, and we take a particular look at efforts to stem antisemitism… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad explores what might come next in the banking world, following this month’s financial failures and efforts to contain them….