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Primary results are in, but as of early on the day after the primary election, the contest in the fifth congressional district is still too close to call… Republican Hung Cao wins the chance to challenge incumbent Senator Tim Kaine in November… Virginia’s Senate can’t reach a compromise to fix a veterans’ education benefit program….

Harrisonburg’s animal shelter is at capacity, and seeking new homes for its pets… Virginia State Police investigates the Town of Broadway’s finances… The official results aren’t in yet, but State Senator John McGuire declares victory over incumbent Bob Good in Virginia’s 5th Congressional district….

Representative Bob Good formally requests a recount… Phone scammers are increasingly active in the WMRA region… Dominion Energy explores a small nuclear reactor project in Louisa County….

Governor Youngkin orders schools statewide to go cellphone-free… Even with extra money ordered by the General Assembly, Virginia’s Medicaid program is over-budget… A new study shows that low-income mothers aren’t getting the care they’ve been promised….

Shenandoah County’s school board bans “political” flags, including the Pride flag… Louisa County issues strict rules on water usage, as drought conditions worsen… November election issues top the week’s political headlines in Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro is here to talk about it….

Senator Tim Kaine stands behind President Biden’s decision to stay in the race, but other Virginia Democrats aren’t so sure… Meanwhile, the Virginia Bar Association cancels its planned debate between Kaine and Republican challenger Hung Cao… Rodents captured in Virginia this summer – a type of woodrat -- are headed to breeding programs in other states to help bolster the populations there….

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….