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  • Librarians want a say in which books are stocked in Rockingham County schools… The effort to require some businesses to offer paid sick days has failed in the General Assembly… Governor Youngkin helps break ground for the new Buc-ee’s travel center coming to the Harrisonburg area….
  • A new partnership between local colleges and high schools in Rockingham County opens this fall… In the General Assembly, bills advance that would provide more assistance for renters, bring motorized all-terrain wheelchairs to state parks, and allow people to claim roadkill, regardless of who hit it….
  • Staunton leaders want to hear from residents in a new survey… A judge leaves in place for now the NCAA’s restrictions on NIL compensation, after a lawsuit by Virginia and Tennessee… Lots of General Assembly news, including a bill by Harrisonburg Senator Mark Obenshain that would crack down on those who manufacture illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl….
  • A new State Department program brings two refugee students to JMU… A new restorative justice program in Albemarle County is gaining steam… In the General Assembly, bills advance to ban assault-style weapons, and provide more funds for the Brown v. Board Scholarship, but efforts to quiet those noisy leaf blowers has run out of gas….
  • Virginia’s health care costs continue to rise, and residents are paying more in premiums… The Democratic House Speaker votes to advance an abortion bill he opposes to put Republicans on the spot… As the half-way point for the General Assembly approaches, we review the week in politics with Jeff Schapiro….
  • Virginia has released a sweeping new climate action plan. From partner station WHRO. Public safety has been a priority for Virginia’s Republican Party this session. Advocates for affordable housing hope the General Assembly will take action to increase the number of housing units in the commonwealth...
  • One of two people convicted of killing a three-year-old girl near Waynesboro will spend the rest of his life in prison… Charlottesville Democrats advance bills that would ban firearms at all Virginia public colleges… The House and Senate release their proposed budgets, and we explore what happens next….
  • Three different tax proposals for Virginia's next two year budget have been released. A local chapter of the American and Canadian movement Mennonite Action rallied in Harrisonburg on Tuesday. A grand jury handed down a new indictment in the case of 41-year-old James Robert Allen yesterday/on Tuesday, adding a charge...
  • The sports arena in northern Virginia proposed by Governor Glenn Youngkin may not make the cut in the General Assembly. Latinos make up about 11% of Virginia’s population, but only about 3% of the General Assembly...
  • VMI’s alumni association suspends several members over unauthorized use of its records... We dive deeper into what’s in the proposed budgets the General Assembly released Sunday... Senator Tim Kaine introduces a bill to address the country’s growing mental health crisis....
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