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Education majors from Virginia State University in Petersburg tour Winchester Public Schools… President Biden’s student debt policy could provide relief to 400,000 Virginians… Renters’ advocates in Charlottesville say they are seeing a significant increase in eviction lawsuit filings since pandemic rent protections expired….

UVA Health expands care to rural, underserved areas, one university works to keep plastic bottles off campus, vanity plates that didn’t make the cut, and a lawsuit in Virginia Beach over kids and books deemed obscene….This is the WMRA Daily for Tuesday, August 30th…

If you’re headed to Shenandoah National Park, you’ll again have to wear a mask inside buildings there… Virginia is flush with cash, which means you might soon be getting a check in the mail… Our local Republican Congressmen claim that new money for the IRS from the Inflation Reduction Act will lead to an army of agents coming after citizens, but our fact-checker says that’s mostly false….

Senator Kaine visits Harrisonburg and Lexington to talk about substance abuse and recovery, and to tout the Inflation Reduction Act… Federal regulators grant another extension to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and environmental groups raise the alarm… We continue our tour of Farmville, with a visit to the Bright Eyes Alpaca Retreat….

A federal court judge sides with UVa in a free speech lawsuit filed in 2019 that attracted national attention... Page Memorial Hospital in Luray gets a $1 million federal grant to address rural health challenges… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad joins us to talk about how the topsy-turvy economy is affecting your investing….

Harrisonburg community leaders explore options for providing shelter for the city’s homeless… Farmville’s economy is thriving… Consumer sentiment in Virginia is on the upswing….

The U-S Secretary of Education recognizes Harrisonburg’s innovative school programs with a visit to Bluestone Elementary… The governor speaks at an anti-abortion event… Virginia’s attorney general is launching an election integrity unit, so we talk with one registrar about what concerns him….

A juvenile will face criminal charges after social media threats were reported to Western Albemarle High last week… Virginia’s Republican attorney general will set up an election integrity unit, despite the fact that there have been virtually no documented cases of voter fraud… September’s Books and Brews author Jonathan M. Katz joins us to talk about his new book on the history of American imperialism through the eyes of an often forgotten Marine….

The case of a man accused of being the so-called Shopping Cart Killer will go before a grand jury… WMRA has confirmed that another death of an inmate at the Rockingham Harrisonburg Regional Jail was self-inflicted… Veterans will see some relief on their taxes under new legislation signed by the governor….

There are six state-approved comprehensive harm reduction programs in Virginia, and we visit one in Harrisonburg… The governor says cutting down on pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay is a priority, but a 2025 deadline will likely be missed… A new Virginia law mandating electric vehicles in the coming years will dramatically transform the landscape of auto sales….