WMRA Daily Bob Leweke

Shenandoah County’s school board votes to reinstate Confederate names for two schools... Some faculty at UVa dispute the administration’s claims regarding their decision to forcibly remove protesters on Saturday... The General Assembly’s budget negotiators strike a deal with Governor Glenn Youngkin on a two-year spending plan....

Although future funding is uncertain, a state education committee advances three more lab school applications, including for one in the Shenandoah Valley… Meanwhile, it’s higher demand, but probably less state funding, for Virginia’s free clinics… A historic “Green Book” house in Harrisonburg receives preservation funding….

UVa’s president and police chief explain why they called in state police to remove protesters… This year’s congressional candidates are spending lots of money, but there’s little transparency about how it’s being used… Populations in some rural Virginia counties are growing, bucking a decade-long trend of population decline in those areas….

Senator Tim Kaine talks about his effort to address the hospital staffing crisis… 5th District Republican Bob Good wants to “defund NPR”… Leaders of the General Assembly’s finance committees meet with Governor Youngkin in hopes of a budget compromise….

UVa calls in state police to forcibly remove anti-war protesters from Grounds… Can Virginia increase education funding by $1 billion without raising taxes?... As weather-related power outages across Virginia increase, we explore some of the changes needed to protect the power grid….

Early voting begins in the Commonwealth, a day-long celebration of the arts takes over downtown Harrisonburg, and there’s a new law encouraging nuclear energy.