An early report from an independent team investigating VMI finds numerous incidents of racial slurs and sexual harassment… Gemeinschaft is a home for men just out of prison, and the group now has a new home for women in Harrisonburg… Virginia teachers get new training on how to explain the commonwealth’s complicated racial history….

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WMRA Daily 3/12/21

Virginia’s NAACP asks the attorney general to investigate the state police killing of a Black teenager from Charlottesville… One bill the governor is considering would shed light on racial disparities… We check in with dozens of nurses being trained at UVA to give COVID vaccines….

WMRA Daily 3/11/21

Virginia officials strike a hopeful tone about COVID vaccines and school re-openings, but there are still many people resistant to getting a shot… As the body of VCU freshman Adam Oakes is laid to rest, the school’s president says a review of Greek life there will be wide-ranging… Meanwhile, controversy over Virginia’s parole board continues to simmer, as an employee of the state’s government watchdog agency files a lawsuit….

WMRA Daily 3/10/21

As more South African variants of the coronavirus are found in Virginia, experts say all the vaccines are effective against them… Virginia Republicans are still wrestling with how to select their nominees for statewide offices this year, and time is running out… We talk with journalist Connor Towne O’Neill about his research into Confederate monuments – he’s our next Books & Brews guest….

WMRA Daily 3/9/21

If you’ve driven I-64 east of Charlottesville, chances are you couldn’t have missed seeing a giant Confederate battle flag, but that’s about to change… Virginia is about to become the first state in the South to enact zero-emissions vehicle legislation… We meet an advocate for lung cancer survivors in Harrisonburg….

WMRA Daily 3/8/21

Health officials report the first death in Virginia of a child under 10 due to COVID-19… Senator Kaine wants the COVID relief bill to include mental health protections for health care workers… Meanwhile, the governor considers marijuana legalization, and that could be one of his most significant legacies….

WMRA Daily 3/5/21

More than 90,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine are now in Virginia… VCU says it will review all Greek life on campus after the apparent hazing death of a freshman last weekend… One of the big disappointments for criminal justice advocates in this year’s General Assembly session was a failure to remove mandatory minimum sentences….

WMRA Daily 3/4/21

Leaders of Greek organizations at UVa shut down social activities, citing 'blatant noncompliance' with COVID-19 rules… The governor calls for an outside probe into Virginia’s parole board… Even as the state pushes to get kids back into classrooms, mental health experts say that could be hard for some students….

WMRA Daily 3/3/21

State Police investigate the shooting death of a Black man by a Culpeper County deputy… JMU has renamed three of its buildings, and the choices are notable in more ways than one – we hear from some of those who were honored… Now that the General Assembly has adjourned, we review what lawmakers accomplished, and what’s next….

WMRA Daily 3/2/21

A police officer in Stanley is shot and killed by a driver during a traffic stop before the officer could get out of his patrol vehicle… As some social restrictions in Virginia get lifted, health officials say a new single-dose vaccine will start being offered this week… Big compromises on expungement of criminal records, and marijuana legalization, as the 2021 General Assembly session wraps up….

WMRA Daily 3/1/21

Virginia receives over $95 million for affordable housing In the latest state budget, teachers could get a 5% raise Voters in the commonwealth could get better data about election results And archaeologists unearth human remains at the historic First Baptist church in Williamsburg

WMRA Daily 2/26/21

Governor Northam says new cases are down, and vaccinations are up, so it’s time to start lifting social restrictions, at least a little… 65 years after the beginning of massive resistance to desegregation in Virginia, we honor Barbara Johns, who led the walkout in Farmville that eventually became part of Brown v. Board of Education … Among the action in the General Assembly, lawmakers heavily amend a bill to get students back to in-person learning….

WMRA Daily 2/25/21

With half a million now vaccinated, the number of Virginians who have succumbed to COVID-19 is now more than the population of Lexington… Last year, more than 160 Confederate monuments came down in the Old Dominion, and another monument to our racist past – a statue of Harry Byrd – will soon be removed from Capitol Square in Richmond… Child welfare advocates say the new state budget has good and bad news….

WMRA Daily 2/24/21

Attorney General Mark Herring sues Libre by Nexus – he says they’re preying on immigrants… Virginia will be the first state in the south to ban the death penalty… How close are we to herd immunity? An expert at UVa answers that question….

WMRA Daily 2/23/21

JMU honors several prominent Black members of the community in renaming three buildings… We have a General Assembly round-up… One of the first surveys of preferences for Virginia governor is out, and not surprisingly, lots of people are undecided….

WMRA Daily 2/22/21

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