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A roundup of the weeks news in the Commonowealth; Senator Kaine announced federal funding for mental health care in Harrisonburg, we learn about libraries, lunches, and weapons scanners in the schools, the Richmond Jazz Festival returns, and we look at a book remembering the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, now six years past.

Virginia Medicaid is reviewing whether the two million people covered by the program are still eligible for its free health care. Virginia's governor is working to remove the Commonwealth from multistate organizations. And the National Park Service has awarded more than $9 million in grants to twelve states, including Virginia.

Drought conditions in the Valley lead to burn bans in some places… WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reveals the results of her year-long investigation into migrant children that have gone missing from Culpeper County… A new local production will allow dozens of community members, including those experiencing homelessness, to enjoy the theater….

The Richmond Electoral Board reverses their decision to reduce early voting opportunities, a financial dispute between a health insurance company and peoples’ doctors threatens the health of those people, and a new museum is coming to Waynesboro.

The Perseid meteor showers are underway, and so are election campaigns for the General Assembly. And a new poll finds Virginians would rather spend the Commonwealth’s budget surplus on funding schools than on tax cuts for the wealthy.

Three men from Central America won their immigration cases, but Immigrations and Customs Enforcement are detaining them anyway; Senator Tim Kaine meets with black business leaders in Richmond; for over thirty years, children from across the mid-Atlantic who survive burns have attended a summer camp just for them in the Shenandoah Valley.

Two legal challenges against the Mountain Valley pipeline dismissed last week. Charlottesville and Albemarle county join a national program to address violent crime, while, in Staunton, a man dressed as Spider-Man patrols the streets. Secretly recorded audio plays a role in election campaigns, and the 87th Annual Old Fiddler’s Convention happened in Galax last week.

Billboard Governor Youngkin visits the Rockingham County Fair and talks about supporting education, 1,000 students in Albemarle County won’t have a bus ride to school, chronic wasting disease spreads across the deer population, and a charitable bingo hall in Richmond argues a referendum should be removed from the city ballot.

After three months of waiting and a lawsuit, two men have been released from detention at the ICE facility in Farmville… A lawsuit accuses a park ranger with false arrest over alleged drunken driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway… Dulles International Airport takes a major step forward in renewable energy….