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After allowing a wave of COVID-19 among detainees early in the pandemic, the immigrant detention center in Farmville is now barred from detaining more than about one-quarter of its capacity… A UVa law professor studies the long-term effects of incarceration on individuals and society… Now that the Supreme Court has mostly done away with the constitutional right to abortion, advocates worry that marriage equality could be next….

LGBTQ advocates put pressure on the Virginia Supreme Court, the results of a new Medicaid survey, a monkeypox update, crocodile eggs, and the latest installment of Folklife Fieldnotes…This is the WMRA Daily for Friday, July 29th…

Cameras to monitor classroom content, better fitting naval uniforms, the closure of a 172-year-old flour and feed mill, and a local veterinarian loses his license…

Augusta Health releases its latest community needs assessment;The Department of Parks and Recreation closes Chris Greene Lake due to a harmful algae bloom;Virginia’s Attorney General joins others in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture;And the Chincoteague Pony Swim returns for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic

The Page County woman who threatened bringing guns to school to keep her kids from wearing masks in January gets community service and deferred probation… Get ready to hear a lot more about abortion over the next year or so, and we’ll have reporting on that, plus our weekly analysis… And lots more, including a look at local hemp industries, and our sixth episode of Folklife Fieldnotes….

Governor Youngkin amends state law on early release for prisoners, and as a result thousands of Virginia inmates will serve more time… A commitment to ban polystyrene foam to-go containers gets pushed back… The governor warns federal officials that an offshore wind project could cause millions of dollars of damage to commercial fishing….

Thousands of dogs from a shuttered breeding facility in Cumberland County will soon be up for adoption… Governor Youngkin’s new appointees to VMI’s board of visitors raise concerns that they could roll back efforts to make VMI more inclusive and diverse… Advocates for abortion rights in Virginia are thinking about how they could help people from other states that prohibit the procedure….

Virginia State Police temporarily reduce the operating hours for its Med-Flight helicopter service due to a shortage of pilots;A call to end industrial fishing for menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay;Clinicians talk about how they're handling an increased demand for their services;And a new tourism initiative encourages people to drive to destinations in Virginia

We begin a series examining the role of police in our public schools… One state bordering Virginia has outlawed abortion, perhaps followed by more in the future, and we meet one organization in the commonwealth stepping up to help… Meanwhile, for the first time since before the pandemic, Virginia loses its Number One ranking for business, according to CNBC, and Democrats blame Governor Youngkin’s divisive politics….

Virginia’s Senators are working on legislation that would protect the right to travel across state lines to access abortion… In the second of a two-part investigation into school resource officers, we focus on two school districts that have made different decisions, Harrisonburg and Albemarle County… It’s Friday, so we review the week in Virginia politics….