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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….

Charlottesville wants to dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit by former police chief RaShall Brackney… A school board just north of Richmond approves a controversial policy gatekeeping transgender students’ access to bathrooms and locker rooms… State police investigate the fatal shooting of a federal fugitive by police in Albemarle County….

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….