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Clean-up of so-called “forever chemicals” from Virginia’s water systems could cost millions of dollars over several decades... The General Assembly gavels back into session today, and we have a preview... The foundation that operates Monticello wants to buy the historic Michie Tavern....

The General Assembly gavels into session, and for the first time the House of Delegates is led by a Black speaker… Medical marijuana dispensaries may finally come to the Valley… An expert on liver disease at the University of Virginia touts the benefits of taking a break from alcohol with a dry January….

A group for religious freedom says that the Rockingham County School Board’s recent religious invocation to start meetings was unconstitutional... The General Assembly considers bills on the minimum wage, school funding, skill games, and reducing prison sentences... One lawmaker proposes a bill to halt any new fossil fuel facilities in Virginia....

Charlottesville’s Jefferson School African American Heritage Center wants to get public input on where to put new art created with the melted bronze from the Robert E. Lee statue… Valley Delegate Tony Wilt introduces legislation to create a public defender office in Harrisonburg… We review the latest action in the General Assembly, along with our weekly analysis by Jeff Schapiro….

Harrisonburg’s skate community weighs in on plans for a reconstructed skate park… Legislators in Richmond fill two vacancies on the SCC, advance legislation that would end legacy admissions in public universities, defend early voting, and move to eliminate some exceptions to Virginia's minimum wage laws….

Rockingham County high school students stage walkouts in protest of a school board that is now tilting to the right in its decisions… In the General Assembly, Charlottesville Senator Creigh Deeds wants to make it easier for renewable energy projects to overcome local hurdles, legislators advance a bill that would remove a tax exemption for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Democrats move to block school choice legislation backed by the lieutenant governor….

A judge rules that some of the nearly 100 animals seized in a raid at the Natural Bridge Zoo should be returned… Harrisonburg cops want to form a union… In the General Assembly, Democrats advance a number of bills, including new gun control legislation….

Virginians can start voting early in the March Super Tuesday primaries on Friday, January 19th... Ed Clark, co-founder of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, is stepping down after more than four decades... We review some of the bills moving through the General Assembly, including a reform of campaign donations, teacher raises, and more money for public schools....

Much of the Shenandoah Valley, from Augusta County north, is still under a drought warning… In General Assembly news, community health workers and their allies ask lawmakers for increased funding, and bills to provide free lunch for all public school students, and rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative advance….

The nationwide success of Affordable Care Act enrollment is reflected in Virginia… In the General Assembly, lawmakers want to clean up personal spending of campaign funds, create a marijuana marketplace, and crack down on so-called “junk fees”… Two researchers at UVa want to understand our waterways in new ways by creating river music….