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Charlottesville city councilor Sena Magill is stepping down… Attorney General Jason Miyares confirms a civil rights investigation into a Fairfax County magnet school… An artist has been selected to design the statue of Farmville civil rights hero Barbara Rose Johns that will reside in the U.S. Capitol….

The man accused of shooting two Bridgewater College officers to death last February gets a trial date… Voters in several districts, including the 24th House district in the Lexington area, will select new members of the General Assembly today… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad joins us to talk about the high-stakes competition of recruiting businesses to Virginia, and the governor’s push to do that….

Police identify two of the three people whose bodies were found after their vehicle was swept away in the Rockfish River in Nelson County… More tax cuts, school choice and support for new housing will be considered in the General Assembly session beginning next week, and we have a look at those proposals, plus political analysis from Jeff Schapiro….

Virginia Democrats are holding a firehouse primary today, COVID-19 numbers are rising, voters in Virginia support recent changes to criminal justice, and several industries are having a hard time getting employees back into their workplaces ….This is the WMRA Daily for Tuesday, December 20th...

We have a winner in the Democratic Primary in Virginia’s fourth congressional district, a new report says Virginia could soon experience an economic downturn, more Virginians are leaving their jobs, and the battle continues over history standards for Virginia public schools….This is the WMRA Daily for Thursday, December 22nd...

The General Assembly considers new laws and constitutional amendments, including one about marriage, more problems at Middle River Regional Jail, and votes will be tallied today for the Democratic Primary in Virginia’s fourth congressional district ….This is the WMRA Daily for Wednesday, December 21st...

AAA says that this holiday season is on track to be the third busiest travel year in over two decades; the Virginia Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an Augusta prison inmate; recent changes to voting in Virginia could influence outcomes; and Virginia prisoners won’t get the cards, drawings and photos they’re sent in the mail. Instead, they’ll get black and white photocopies ….This is the WMRA Daily for Friday, December 23rd...

A third party investigator will explore allegations brought by staff and volunteers of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA; The General Assembly tells local school districts that they will NOT face a shortfall in state funding;Lawmakers are also considering bills that would change how electric utility companies are regulated in the commonwealth;And the Department of Corrections says that Virginia’s recidivism rate is the second lowest in the country

The Bridgewater College community marks one year since the shooting that killed two campus officers… Governor Youngkin removes from consideration two controversial candidates to serve on UVa’s governing board… A budgeting mistake that overpromised money to public schools has lawmakers scrambling to balance the books….

A new study shows that trains could be tapped as a potential source of electricity;Legislators approved more than $130 million to help farmers pay for pollution controls''Raises for state employees and teachers approved by committees in both the Senate and the House of Delegates'And Republican lawmakers killed an effort to ban convicted insurrectionists from public service jobs