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Virginia’s expansion of Medicaid a few years ago, led by former Democratic Governor Ralph Northam, has markedly decreased the number of poorer residents without health insurance… A Charlottesville city employee who was present at the January 6th Capitol insurrection will remain on the payroll… The Farmville school that became a part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case is now part of a national park….

It’s August, that means school bells will soon be ringing in hallways around Virginia, but there’s still a teacher shortage… Did you fill up your gas tank over the weekend? You may have noticed the price was just below $4 for the first time in months… The Mountain Valley Pipeline is struggling, but environmentalists worry that Congress may give it a boost….

University of Virginia students return to class as the suspect in Sunday’s shooting appears in court… UVa says Saturday’s football game is cancelled, and instead, there will be a university memorial service for those killed and wounded… Some experts say that Virginia’s proposed history revisions are racist, politically biased and inaccurate… One Harrisonburg engineer helps contractors and officials in Puerto Rico build hurricane-resilient houses….

Amidst a divisive and confusing process, state education officials put off the first review of a new history standards draft… School board meetings have become a flashpoint in recent years, but one local district is trying to talk through those conflicts… This week’s news in Virginia was dominated by the violence at UVa, but there’s more to review, and we’ll check in with Jeff Schapiro for our weekly politics and state government chat….

A UVa student, the football team’s running back, is recovering from a second surgery to repair wounds from Sunday’s shooting after a field trip… The suspect, in custody, was on that field trip before opening fire on the bus after it returned to grounds… NASA successfully launches the Artemis 1 rocket, and the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton played a role….

Got a construction job you need done? You may have a long wait, and we explore why… The campaign to end solitary confinement in Virginia’s prisons is getting a boost from two state senators, one Democrat, one Republican… It’s an eventful week in Richmond, with a new General Assembly and a new Republican executive branch, and we survey the week in Virginia politics….

A city council meeting in Staunton is cancelled as three members, including the mayor, decide to skip it… Meanwhile, Harrisonburg council meetings will go back to virtual sessions, and we continue our series looking at Charlottesville’s troubled city government… The next General Assembly session gavels in today, and a new governor is sworn in Saturday, and we have a preview….

Sentara RMH shuts down all non-emergency procedures amid as it deals with a record surge of COVID-19… Last Monday’s winter storm claimed the life of a Louisa County man who tried to walk home in the storm after his car broke down… We meet Charlottesville herbalist Kat Maier, our featured guest for this month’s Books & Brews….

The General Assembly gavels into session, Governor Northam delivers his final address, and the new Republican Speaker of the House, from the Shenandoah Valley, takes issue with what Northam had to say about Virginia’s history… We conclude our series on Charlottesville city government with a look ahead to what the turmoil of the last few years may cost taxpayers… We have a report on the latest changes at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton….

As COVID-19 cases again spike, Governor Northam issues an order that should increase the number of hospital beds… We launch a series on the problems with Charlottesville city government… We have a look at Virginia’s long, complicated history with tobacco….