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The General Assembly adjourns on time, but without agreeing on a budget… Before leaving Richmond, lawmakers pass a bill reversing a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by police… School superintendents around the state criticize the Youngkin administration for targeting equity initiatives….

A new report cites a perfect storm of problems that Virginia agencies faced in their failure to deal with the massive I-95 snowstorm pile-up in January… The General Assembly reconvenes, confronting deep divisions over the budget and other issues… Nearly 400 years after being forced from their lands, the Rappahannock Tribe finally returns to one of their towns as owners….

Staunton’s city council and school board come to an agreement on funding public schools… As the governor signs a new law requiring schools to notify parents when their kids are assigned books with sexually-explicit content, the American Library Association says last year was unprecedented in efforts to censor and ban books from public and school libraries… We go to the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women for a look at a program to help former inmates become full-time parents again….

We investigate why meth is now the most-seized illegal drug in our area… The governor appears to take some veto revenge on one Democratic Senator in particular… We take a look at some new bills the governor signed into law, including one that changes how election results are reported….

A former police officer from Rocky Mount is guilty of storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection… Will alcohol sales in Virginia be privatized?... We visit a farm in Augusta County that’s full of lambs….

After months of controversy and criticism, the board of directors at James Madison's Montpelier reverses course, and will share governance with descendants of those whom Madison enslaved… An artist from Batesville produces work that will generate humanitarian aid for Ukraine… Statewide news too, including a Full Disclosure discussion about a possible big merger in Virginia tobacco….

The General Assembly reconvenes today to approve Virginia's budget, and we have a preview… A new UVa Health study finds that suicide attempts by poisoning among children is way up in recent years… The Chesapeake Bay Foundation holds its 32nd annual Clean the Bay Day this weekend….

Two people being held in the disappearance of an Augusta County toddler are indicted on murder charges… People are still dying of COVID-19, and statewide the highest transmission levels are in Augusta and Highland Counties, and rising… We continue our series on food insecurity among children in our area….