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JMU students, and high school students around Virginia, protest in favor of abortion access… This year’s valedictorian at VMI talks about the importance of Black students there, who weren’t allowed into the school until 1968… In our weekly Full Disclosure conversation with Roben Farzad, we survey the present and future of solar power in Virginia….

The movement to restrict teaching of sexuality and race in Virginia’s public schools moves into rural counties north of Charlottesville… We have a preview of the total lunar eclipse happening this weekend… With a new health clinic and new territory, we check in with members of the Upper Mattaponi tribe four years after receiving federal recognition….

A new drug tested at UVA Health to treat severe COVID-19 gets FDA approval… The high school in Farmville that became part of the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case is now part of the National Park Service… The Virginia Aquarium treats sea turtles accidentally caught by fishermen….

Republican Bob Good easily won his party’s nod to run for a second term in Congress representing the 5th District… Authorities seize nearly 150 dogs from a breeding facility in Cumberland County accused of animal-welfare violations… Governor Youngkin says he’s restored civil rights to 3,500 people released from prison….

Much attention has been paid to the shortage of baby formula, but food insecurity is an ongoing problem for children of all ages, and in the first of a series of reports we visit a group in Buena Vista helping to keep their neighbors fed… The General Assembly reconvenes next week to discuss a new two-year budget, but we don’t know what’s in it yet… Democratic lawmakers urge the governor to delay his new telework policy until after Labor Day….

A local advocacy group discusses a potential post- Roe v. Wade future… Some citizen members of the Harrisonburg-area community criminal justice board say they’re being locked out of committees… Republicans in several parts of Virginia, including the 5th district covering Charlottesville, will choose their congressional candidates this weekend….

The baby formula shortage is affecting families here in Virginia, and we focus on how moms – and state and federal officials – are responding… A new state historical marker in Charlottesville recognizes the first Black student in UVa’s law school… In state politics, budget negotiations continue and some Republican congressional districts have primaries this weekend, and Jeff Schapiro will be along to discuss it….

The Salvation Army removes the two captains in charge of Harrisonburg operations, after we reported allegations of mismanagement… A brother and sister recount the threats and violence they experienced integrating Warren County High School… Nurses from UVa’s COVID Clinic say the Critter Cams from the Wildlife Center of Virginia helped get them through the darkest days of the pandemic….

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline project was abandoned nearly two years ago – could the Mountain Valley Pipeline meet the same fate?... Virginia's U S. Senators want to create a National Scenic Area in the George Washington National Forest… Even as four-year and community-college enrollments decline, more students are signing up for technical education….

Dominion gets pushback from Virginia’s attorney general on its plans for a massive offshore windfarm… The Virginia Education Association says it will publish state education equity guidelines that the governor has rescinded… State agriculture officials are concerned that Russia's war on Ukraine is affecting a key import….