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Charlottesville’s City Council passes a new zoning plan, Richmond launches a powerful surveillance network, and the General Assembly will debate whether tax dollars should go to sports venues.

A shooting in Strasburg on Sunday, the effect of holiday celebrations on air and water quality, and ski resorts in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains are open for the winter season.

Four Virginia prisons will close next year; Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board has an opening, and new technology to help crack down on automobile noise might be coming to Virginia.

2.7 Million Virginians will be on the highways this week; two federal grants totaling a billion dollars will expand passenger railroads in the Commonwealth, and the current Virginia governor wants to reduce taxes while giving teachers a raise that’s less than one-third this year’s rate of inflation.

Since SNAP benefits reverted to pre-pandemic levels, some seniors have to choose between food and insulin; syphillis cases in the commonwealth are on the rise; Governor Youngkin proposes reducing the income tax, and making up for it by raising the sales tax.

Now that most of the animals at the Natural Bridge Zoo have been sent to new homes, veterinarians testify about the animal abuse they found there… Amidst a housing crisis, people from around the Shenandoah Valley gather to talk about bridging gaps between tenants and property managers… The General Assembly is underway, and Jeff Schapiro is here to recap the first days of the 2024 session….

Police seize nearly 100 animals from Natural Bridge Zoo, after widespread allegations of cruelty to the animals… Dropping temperatures and rising housing costs are putting the squeeze on those who have trouble affording shelter… UVa scientists report a possible breakthrough in treating pulmonary fibrosis….

A former JMU employee files a racial discrimination lawsuit against the school… A factory fire in Verona causes a spill of oily water washing into the Middle River, and the DEQ is monitoring the effects… PETA alleges that UVa researchers have mistreated mice and other animals in their research, and police execute a search warrant at the Natural Bridge Zoo over treatment of a solitary elephant there….

Your face could be part of a database that police can access, but in Virginia you can remove yourself from the matrix… Less than a week before the General Assembly reconvenes, the public and advocacy groups are weighing in on what legislators should spend money on… New research at UVa finds that heart-healthy fatty acids can also slow a deadly lung disease….

UVa officials want to form a new committee to help the school’s leadership avoid the kind of controversy that led to the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s president… Virginia forestry officials say the fall fire season was one of the most challenging in the last 20 years… We have a preview of some items the General Assembly will consider when it reconvenes next week….