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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….

Poison centers including the one at UVa Health are seeing a spike in calls related to Delta 8 products, and so edibles with the cannabis extract are now illegal in Virginia… First responders in Harrisonburg hold their annual active shooter training, and we tag along to find out what they’re learning from recent mass shootings elsewhere… A new book tells the stories of those displaced from the creation of Shenandoah National Park….

Some commonwealth’s attorneys in Virginia, including Charlottesville’s, say they won’t prosecute abortion cases if it becomes illegal, but Virginia lawmakers opposed to abortion could find their way around that… So, what is the state of abortion access in our part of Virginia?... You’ve heard of FloydFest, but how about FredFest?

U-S Interior Secretary Deb Haaland breaks a leg while hiking in Shenandoah National Park, but she’s recovering… Democrats are outpacing Republicans in raising money for some key congressional races in Virginia… A UVa psychologist wants to better understand how to prevent loneliness and disconnection….

The number of Virginians in prison is shrinking, and we take a look at the numbers… Governor Youngkin relaxes COVID guidelines for kids… We analyze some claims the governor made about same-sex marriage protections in Virginia….

Harrisonburg’s low-barrier homeless shelter will soon be looking for its own home, and city officials are appealing for help from the community… As we approach the fifth anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a conversation with the photographer who took the iconic, disturbing, Pulitzer Prize winning photo of the car that killed protesters, and another photographer with a new show on the downtown mall… We visit a new cat café in Newport News, and there’s one coming to Harrisonburg, too….