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More arrests at peace protests on campuses in the Commonwealth, the crafting of a new state budget, and legislative attempts to address the housing crisis.

After a halting start to construction last year and fierce debate over design materials, Harrisonburg says it’s skatepark design is finalized and the new park will be completed by summer next year… Charlottesville community members join Swords into Plowshares to reclaim a space where a Confederate statue once stood… UVa researchers launch a first-of-a-kind project using cell phone data to better determine how to warn residents of an impending hurricane….

Governor Youngkin calls up dozens of Virginia National Guard troops to support ICE… Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan warns about the effects of coming cuts to federal food assistance programs… Staunton’s planners recommend allowing beekeeping in the city….

The Trump administration may have pressured Todd Gilbert to resign his interim post as U.S. attorney… A judge in Charlottesville rules that a lawsuit over the city’s new zoning code will proceed to trial… The invasive red-and-white spotted lanternfly has settled into much of the Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley….

Nelson County supervisors take direct control of the Department of Social Services… More than 4,000 people in Virginia have been arrested by ICE agents this year… One Virginia Democrat wants to force more transparency for immigration officials….

Staunton asks residents to conserve water, as drought conditions in Virginia worsen… Donald Trump and Governor Youngkin will appear together for the first time in a Chesapeake rally the day after the first presidential debate… UVa opens a new research center dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease….

State Senate Democrats are again unable to pass a bill to fix issues with a state veterans education benefit program… Six former, current and future members of UVa’s swim team are heading to Paris for the summer Olympics... Fireworks can be triggering for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, but there are ways we can help neighbors and family members cope with the noise….

A Frederick County school board member gets a fine and jail time for his participation in the January 6th attack on the Capitol… A "respite home" will soon open in Harrisonburg for homeless people who need somewhere to recuperate after being hospitalized… Virginia certifies primary election results, and Congressman Bob Good says he wants a recount after narrowly losing the fifth district to John McGuire….

A Charlottesville medical tech company graduates from a state program to go global… Virginia’s Education Department, under Governor Glenn Youngkin, proposes changes to a course on Black history… Virginia’s abortion laws haven’t changed since Dobbs, but they’re being watched….

The FBI says it has solved the 1996 case of a brutal double murder of two young women in Shenandoah National Park… Excessive heat is combining with a “flash drought” in Virginia this weekend, with almost no rain relief expected anytime soon… The big political story this week was Tuesday’s primary, but also, the General Assembly will need a do-over after deadlocking on the issue of military educational benefits, and Jeff Schapiro reviews the week….