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The governor pays a visit to our area to dedicate a new state park near Woodstock, and to announce state support for an agricultural expansion in Rockingham County… A new statewide approach to mental health aims to intercept crisis situations before they get out of hand… Some Republican candidates to represent Virginia in Congress are still repeating lies about fraud in the 2020 election….

Virginia’s members of Congress address the shortage of infant formula, and the quality of school lunches… Was abortion always such a controversial topic in Virginia? One historian says “no”… We retrace the steps of James Lindsey Smith, an enslaved man on Virginia's Northern Neck who in 1838 made his way to freedom in Connecticut….

Remembering D-Day, Title 9 turns 50, and a memorial service held in Winchester for former state Sen. H. Russell "Russ" Potts Jr. This is the WMRA Daily for Monday, June 6th

Shenandoah County’s school board splits on a controversial survey of residents on whether to restore confederate names to schools, so no survey, but the board will vote on the potential change next week… We take a deeper look at what’s in the proposed two-year state budget, now under consideration by the governor… A new system is being implemented in parts of Virginia to better respond to mental health emergencies….

Harrisonburg’s city council selects former councilman Richard Baugh to temporarily fill the seat vacated by George Hirschmann… A huge facility in Cumberland County that breeds beagles for medical research is shut down over allegations of mistreatment of the animals, and meanwhile Virginia strengthens state laws against animal cruelty… The General Assembly has finally passed a two-year budget, now on the governor’s desk, and we survey that and more in Virginia politics and government with Jeff Schapiro….

UVa Health is reducing some radiography procedures due to supply-chain problems… Thousands of applicants for unemployment benefits in Virginia were wrongly told by the VEC that they were overpaid… School boards around the state are being confronted by increasingly hostile parents, but they still have to conform to open meetings requirements….

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….