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Some Shenandoah County residents are demanding that the school board restore the Confederate names of two schools, renamed after the murder of George Floyd… Church World Service in Harrisonburg holds its first awards ceremony, honoring those who help resettle refugees... We review the week in Virginia politics….

Governor Youngkin sends 38 budget amendments back to the General Assembly… LEGO comes to Virginia… Former Charlottesville police chief RaShall Brackney is suing the city for $10 million over her firing last year….

A judge orders the dog-breeding facility shut down in May to cease breeding new puppies, and the Envigo operation will shut down permanently… The General Assembly rejects the governor’s amendments on abortion and a gas tax holiday, but his effort to redirect money to HBCU’s went through… Lawmakers also filled two vacancies on the state Supreme Court, and we have a review of Friday’s activity….

After months of debate Governor Youngkin signs Virginia's budget, and we’ll take a look at what is, and is not, in it… Randi B. Hagi has a look at cannabis retailers in Charlottesville, and their frustration at lack of progress over marijuana legalization in Virginia… Republican Ben Cline easily wins the nomination to run for re-election, and we survey who else won primaries Tuesday….

Today is primary day, and among the Republican seats up for grabs is the Sixth District, where incumbent Representative Ben Cline faces a challenger… A new study finds that most public school districts in Virginia have still not financially recovered from the Great Recession… Grab your walking stick, WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi takes us for a hike in Virginia’s newest state park, near Woodstock….

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors discusses possible solutions to what it calls a panhandling crisis… The state department of health relaxes its guidelines for those exposed to COVID-19… Today, the General Assembly will take up the governor’s 38 amendments to the state budget, so we have reporting on some of the more important amendments, and analysis of what’s going on in Richmond….

A new report says that efforts to make Virginia’s economy less reliant on the federal government aren’t working… A federal judge accelerates a new lawsuit that, however unlikely, seeks to force the state to have another round of elections for the House of Delegates this fall… A new report finds that Virginia could lose up to 42% of its tidal wetlands by 2100 due to sea level rise….