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WMRA Daily 4/8/21

Virginia becomes the first southern state to legalize marijuana, and that will be effective July 1st…  If you’ve been receiving unemployment benefits, you’ll soon have to prove to the state that you’re looking for work, as a pandemic-era exemption ends…  After the State Police shot a Black Charlottesville teen to death, the N-A-A-C-P and Virginia’s attorney general agree to more transparent investigations into police killings in the future….

Bob Leweke is WMRA's News Director and Morning Edition host.