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Virginia Congressman Bob Good is among the far-right Republicans in the House sponsoring a bill that would outlaw providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth… Meanwhile, opponents of Governor Youngkin’s new draft policy for the treatment of transgender students consider their next steps… Virginia’s Senators want to make government approval of pipelines more transparent….

The Youngkin administration wants to roll back protections for transgender students in public schools… UVa students get a rebate… A judge dismisses a lawsuit by young people against the commonwealth over fossil fuels and climate change….

The so-called Shopping Cart Killer is indicted on multiple murder and other felony charges… School districts begin reacting to new state guidance on their transgender student policies… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad discusses the rising cost of a mortgage, and what’s behind it….

September is Hunger Action Month, and inflation and other problems mean more people are leaning on local food banks for help… A Virginia company says it has a test to help doctors determine which patients are at greatest risk of COVID-19, which is still the third leading cause of death... Virginia Military Institute welcomes its smallest freshman class in years….

The owners of Nexus Services and three others are arrested on felony charges… Virginia Democrats are calling for an investigation into a state contract awarded to an ad agency connected to Governor Youngkin… In a follow-up to our reporting on the closing of group homes for adults with developmental disabilities, we pay a visit to one local resident who's opened her own home to a client….

New court documents claim that Nexus owners stole from the brother of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter in Florida… The state education department refuses to release most of the documents related to proposed changes in policies for transgender students… And that and other topics of interest in Virginia news get the Jeff Schapiro treatment, in our weekly politics chat….

The first real heat wave of the summer hits Virginia, with temperatures perhaps hitting triple digits east of the Blue Ridge this weekend… A call for LGBTQ people in the Valley to author their stories for an upcoming published collection… Now that Governor Youngkin’s appointees have control of the state board regulating education, what will happen to standards for teaching history and social sciences?

The Harrisonburg-area SPCA needs help – they are at maximum capacity for dogs and cats… Vice President Harris pays a visit to Virginia, and calls on voters to elect more Democrats to protect reproductive rights… The nationwide unemployment rate is at a historic low, but Virginia’s is even lower, especially compared to this time last year….

A plastic bag tax could be coming to Charlottesville… Only Democrats among Virginia’s congressional delegation vote to protect same-sex marriage rights… We go to the farm with a group of students at Project Grows near Staunton….

Virginia's Republican attorney general tells Google not to limit the appearance of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in certain abortion-related search results… We take a look at the week in Virginia politics and government… We go for a walk along the longest recreational bridge in Virginia, near Farmville, 125 feet up….