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The General Assembly session ends next week, and lawmakers are scrambling to finalize work, including on bills making psychedelic mushrooms more available, and requiring Virginians to have car insurance… Other bills failed, including one that would have protected access to menstrual data stored in cell phone apps, and another that would have removed Virginia from California’s strict emissions standards… UVa Health may have discovered a new way to disrupt the chronic inflammation responsible for multiple sclerosis….

While Virginia schools still struggle with teacher shortages compounded by the pandemic, some members of the General Assembly are addressing the scarcity… The U.S. Attorney General wants more prosecutions for environmental crimes, and in our part of Virginia that could mean going after industrial polluters, and better water quality… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad talks about whether you’ll soon be paying more to get a better seat when you go to the movies….

Charlottesville residents pack a town hall meeting to discuss the increasing gun violence in the area… We have a review of highlights from the General Assembly session that wrapped up Saturday… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad discusses a new trend – big sports stadiums and venues going cashless….

With less than a week in the session, one major item the General Assembly has yet to figure out is a budget… But one issue lawmakers on the right are focused on is land in Virginia owned by China, but is that really a problem?... Meanwhile, Republican legislators kill an effort to allow voters to decide whether to remove outdated language prohibiting gay marriage from the state Constitution….

Scientists say the destructive force of wind from tropical weather systems poses an increasing risk to Virginia… About 25,000 Virginians took advantage of a new same-day registration law in last November’s midterms… What do conservative challenges to an AP African-American studies class mean for a similar history class currently taught in Virginia’s high schools?

Republican Delegate Matt Fariss faces felony charges of hit-and-run and malicious wounding… The city of Waynesboro says it was the victim of a potential cyberattack… Nearly two dozen ambulances donated locally begin their journey to the frontlines in Ukraine….

After a surge of deadly gun violence, police in Charlottesville consider a gun buyback program… Rockingham County public schools try to address the effects of the culture wars on schools by convening students, parents and teachers in civil discussions… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad discusses the fallout of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank….

After Governor Youngkin vetoes a bunch of bills, negotiations over the state budget are in the doldrums… Meanwhile, the issue of cops using facial recognition technology is not yet resolved… In a follow-up report on methamphetamines, we talk with practitioners helping addicts end their dependence on the drug….

The mother of Charlottesville teenager Xzavier Hill, shot dead by two State Police officers last year, files a wrongful death lawsuit against them… A look at some of the governor’s vetoes, including bills on truck safety and medical debt collection… Fatal drug overdoses in Virginia are on track for another record-breaking year….

The head of Montpelier fires staff in apparent retaliation for criticism of barring slave descendants from having a role in running the site… A Norfolk-bound cargo ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay for a month is finally free … Roben Farzad joins us to discuss the importance of computer chips in your car….