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Fifteen of the hundreds of athletes in Paris for the Summer Games are from Virginia… Governor Youngkin’s newest Board of Education appointee gets push back from state Democrats… Jeff Schapiro joins us to discuss that, and how the shake-up in the presidential race might affect Virginia….

President Biden and former President Trump are essentially tied in Virginia, according to a new poll of voters... Iconic local artist P. Buckley Moss passes away... We tour the Piedmont Memorial Overlook near Front Royal....

We meet volunteers at a local nonprofit that helps low-income residents fix up their homes... A group of JMU journalism students is in Milwaukee this week, covering the Republican National Convention... Contrary to claims made at that convention, crime is down significantly across the country, including in Virginia, and we look at the numbers....

After weeks of wrangling, the General Assembly passes a legislative fix to a veterans’ benefits bill… A now gone structure in Charlottesville that was listed in the Green Book will be commemorated with a state historic marker… Public opinion polls in Virginia are swinging Trump’s way, and as the governor returns from the Republican National Convention to sign the veterans bill, Jeff Schapiro discusses the week in Virginia politics….

Local areas will get millions from the state to expand broadband access… Augusta County rejects a special use permit for a large solar project in the Stuarts Draft-Lyndhurst area… Virginia gets funding to capture methane emissions, but environmental groups want more….

Governor Youngkin urges Virginians to use caution as Tropical Storm Debby approaches the commonwealth… ICE settles an ACLU lawsuit, freeing two detainees who had been held despite a judge’s order at the Farmville Detention Center… We continue our series on Shenandoah County school names, with the memories of some students who helped integrate the county’s schools in the 1960s….

Tropical Storm Debby wallops Virginia, with tornado watches and flash flood warnings… But all the rain could be good for farmers… We wrap up our week-long series on Shenandoah County school name changes with a look at history’s legacy….

Three people are dead and one injured after a train collided with a van in Stuarts Draft… Shenandoah National Park officials lift a ban on fishing… Some Virginia Republicans are supporting Kamala Harris for president, part of a long Virginia tradition of crossing party lines….

Virginia moves closer to banning cellphones in public schools… We’re no longer the worst state in the country for mail delivery, but we’re still pretty bad… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in Virginia politics and state government….

The governor touts a big budget surplus, but critics say Virginia continues to underfund education… Solar power faces some headwinds… We take a look at the 15-year-old Virginia law that banned smoking in most public places, and why it’s not being enforced everywhere….