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Students are heading back, or getting ready to head back to school, and in the meantime Virginia has a teacher shortage, and state education officials still wrangle over standards of learning… Sustainability Matters tests the biodiversity of their native pollinator meadows at the Shenandoah County Landfill… The local flower industry is more than just the corner florist, and we take a tour… We take our weekly look at Virginia politics….

A volunteer firefighter in Woodstock admits to starting a fire that he then showed up to put out… A top Virginia education official wants to push back a review of new history and social science standards for K through 12 students… A new report says that the number of days of excessive heat in Virginia will increase over the next few decades, with the most severe surge in eastern Virginia…

On this Labor Day holiday, we assess the health of organized labor in Virginia… The last group of beagles are rescued from a Cumberland breeding facility... Solar is spreading in Virginia, and localities are scrambling to come up with new rules for them….

Governor Youngkin signs a directive that aims to address teacher shortages in Virginia… Researchers at UVA Health make strides in understanding how our gut microbiomes affect health and well-being… We talk with three local millennials about what federal debt forgiveness will mean for them….

The 10th annual Skyline Indie Film Festival kicks off in Winchester… Serious cases of COVID-19 peaked over the summer in Virginia, and now the new Omicron-fighting booster shots are available in the commonwealth… Virginia lawmakers elect a handful of local judges in a special one-day session, but they fail to agree on a replacement appointment for the powerful State Corporation Commission….

The $10 million lawsuit that Charlottesville's former police chief filed against city officials will go to trial… As we approach the Labor Day holiday, a new study shows that parts of Virginia's labor force are struggling to make ends meet… Labor Day also marks the traditional beginning of the political campaign season, and we explore the week in Virginia politics with Jeff Schapiro….

Pre-menstrual mood swings and anxiety present a major public health issue around the world;Pentagon leaders say restrictions on abortion rights might worsen an already challenging personnel crisis;Virginia will receive more than $16 million as part of a multi-state agreement with e-cigarette maker JUUL;And with the fall harvest getting underway, drivers are urged to watch out for slow moving farm equipment on roadways

Due to a staffing shortage, Charlottesville’s police department cuts back on responses to non-emergency calls… After six months of renovations, new leadership and recovery from allegations of mismanagement, the Salvation Army reopens its emergency shelter in Harrisonburg… As Virginia’s leaders wrangle over the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and other issues, we sort it all out with our weekly politics chat with Jeff Schapiro….

The governor says that he’s ending Virginia’s participation in a regional climate change initiative, and activists protest at a local environmental quality office… School boards across Virginia struggle with transgender students' access to bathrooms and locker rooms… Thanks to listener support, public radio news is growing, but newspapers are on the decline, and some local papers have reached new lows in the number of journalists they employ….

Students in much of our area are back to school this week, and some districts are struggling to supply enough bus drivers, and they don’t have enough support from the state… We have an update on the threat that the Spotted Lanternfly poses to Virginia’s vineyards… Jeff Schapiro joins us to sort out the week in Virginia politics and government….