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The state Board of Education advances a controversial draft of new K-through-12 history standards, but they’re still a long way from being used in the classroom… Lots of activity in the General Assembly, which is approaching a deadline to advance bills next week, and we have a round-up, and analysis from Jeff Schapiro… WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi tags along with the park rangers who rescue people experiencing mishaps in Shenandoah National Park….

Today is election day in Virginia's 4th Congressional District… A winery operation is just one of the enterprises breathing new life into an historic building in Waynesboro… Someone drops off an explosive at a Charlottesville recycling center (and, just so you know, explosives aren’t recyclable….)

State Senator Jennifer McClellan will be the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress, after Tuesday’s special election win… A Harrisonburg poultry processor gets a major grant from federal funds to expand operations… A tree commission in Charlottesville says the tree canopy there has dramatically declined….

A 13-year-old is arrested in Albemarle County for allegedly carrying a gun on school property… A Harrisonburg man is charged with crimes connected to the January 6th insurrection… A new mentorship program in Harrisonburg pairs LGBTQ youth with adults who understand their experiences… Jeff Schapiro reviews the week in Virginia politics….

A middle-school student in Richmond has died after what appears to be an accidental shooting, and three other students were injured in separate shooting incidents... One expert on presidential health advocates for more screening of candidates and presidents who are elderly, and he’ll talk about that at the Woodrow Wilson Center next week... We have a preview of this month’s Books & Brews event with author Corban Addison....

Democrats in Richmond defeat two bills aimed at transgender students, and pollution controls for farmers will be delayed… We have a General Assembly update, and analysis from Jeff Schapiro… A Staunton author writes about the presidents born in Virginia - and the historic sites that tell their stories….

A controversial housing development for southwest Harrisonburg has won city council approval… Former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney will join the Center for Politics at UVa as a professor of practice… After a floundering process to revise the state’s history standards, and a $200 million math error in school aid, Virginia’s Superintendent of Public Instruction submits her resignation….

One day after a police-sponsored town hall forum on gun violence in Charlottesville, police there shoot a man who they say threatened them with a weapon… Safe housing advocates press Waynesboro city council for the creation of a rental inspection program… The U.S. Senate confirms President Biden’s nomination of Virginia’s first openly gay federal judge….

Virginia's Inspector General says a more than quarter million dollar contract for a tourism video shot by Governor Glenn Youngkin’s preferred ad firm did not violate state procurement rules… Fifth District Representative Bob Good is among a group of five Republicans who say they will not back House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid for speaker… We talk with Sofia Samatar, one of our two featured authors for this month’s Books & Brews, about her book “The White Mosque”….

The man accused of shooting three UVa student athletes to death in November appears in court… Abigail Spanberger is selected by fellow battleground district Democrats for a new leadership post, and we talk about that and more in our Friday politics chat… Frederick Douglass was the most photographed person of the 19th century, and a new exhibit in Richmond goes even further to bring Douglass's presence to life….