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The Albemarle County teacher’s union suspends talks with the school division over a collective bargaining agreement... Meanwhile, public schools across the state struggle to get kids to show up in the classroom consistently... More details emerge about the state budget agreement, still waiting for the governor’s signature....

With moderate drought conditions spreading east of the Blue Ridge, Charlottesville-area authorities are the latest to ask residents to conserve water… A local geologist is appointed by the governor to serve on a state administrative board… Pandemic-era teacher shortages continue across Virginia….

Some places in the Valley are stepping back from burn bans and water use restrictions… Free medical services from RAM are coming to Luray this weekend… As spotted lanternflies and adelgids invade and attack Virginia’s native plants, scientists are also using other bugs to combat the spread of these pests….

Since it began September 22nd, what can we learn from early voting so far in Virginia?... Sen. Tim Kaine wants to move the federal fiscal year from October 1st to January 1st… Why is the median household income for Virginians falling?

JMU football gets a reprimand for the coach’s use of a cellphone on the sidelines in last Saturday’s game… New data show low confidence in government in Virginia... Library books and librarians are now the targets of unprecedented attacks….

Charlottesville’s police chief addresses allegations of cops mistreating people sleeping in a local park… Virginia’s food banks brace for a federal government shutdown… Shenandoah County hosts a multi-race candidates’ forum, and we survey some of the more competitive races for the General Assembly with Jeff Schapiro…

Virginia has a large contingent of federal employees, second only to California, so a government shutdown would have a big impact here… Advocacy groups express concern that elections officials have removed more than 10,000 Virginians from voting rolls who previously had their rights restored… A UVa researcher argues that urban design and planning can affect the mental well-being of people who live in cities….

Firefighters from across Virginia continue working to contain the blaze in Madison County that’s now burned more than 400 acres… Albemarle County launches a new on-demand public transportation system for areas outside traditional bus routes… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad treats us to a look at the scary sums of money Americans now spend on Halloween….

Forestry officials are hopeful that colder temperatures could help fight a wildfire in Madison County… Northern Shenandoah Valley communities receive money from the EPA to expand their recycling programs… A group that aims to help elect Republicans offers to collect voters’ ballots and drop them off at polling stations, and the attorney general says that’s OK….

A Winchester man will serve prison time for embezzling nearly $1 million from Harrisonburg’s Community Services Board... Virginia joins a multi-state lawsuit against Meta, Facebook’s parent company... Culpeper County’s sheriff faces 13 felony counts, but he’s still running for re-election, and that race is the subject of the final installment of our “Law of the Land” series....