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UVa will pay for lower-income students to attend… Workers at the Hershey plant in Stuarts Draft get a second chance to unionize… The next General Assembly aims to overhaul Virginia’s mental health system….

Fifth District Republican Bob Good will be the next chair of the House Freedom Caucus… Emergency services providers are dealing with an increase in calls, even while funding from the state has dried up… Governor Youngkin proposes a new approach to Virginia's mental health system….

With new socially conservative members, the Rockingham County School Board takes a turn toward censorship and book banning… Virginia’s 5th District Republican representative says the new spending deal reached by leaders in Congress should be rejected by his far-right caucus… One day before the General Assembly reconvenes, we review some of the bills that will be up for consideration….

The General Assembly reconvenes next month, and members of both political parties hope to add new amendments to the commonwealth's constitution. And, a statewide education program ends as federal funding for it is exhausted.

We track more people moving out of Virginia than into it. We ask: where does our recycling go? And we look back on some of the year’s most noteworthy stories.

Valley Republican Ben Cline endorses Trump for president… Gas prices across Virginia continue to drop, now less than $3 a gallon in our area… We preview this month’s Books & Brews in an interview with featured speaker Karen Marsh, author of “Wake Up to Wonder”….

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….