Episodios

  • 7/16/25 - How do initiatives and recall work in Virginia?

    7/16/25 - How do initiatives and recall work in Virginia?
    Jul 16 2025
    About half of states provide citizens with a path to bypass elected officials to change local laws — or recall the officials themselves. But is Virginia one of them? Editor Whittney Evans investigates the answers in this week’s Curious Commonwealth with RVA’s Got Issues’ Rich Meagher (Short Summer Break Edition). Submit your own question at ⁠⁠vpm.org/curious⁠⁠. You can listen to RVA's Got Issues on its website or wherever you get your podcasts.
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  • 07/15/25 - JLARC study says Virginia’s school districts have been incorrectly citing a law over book bans

    07/15/25 - JLARC study says Virginia’s school districts have been incorrectly citing a law over book bans
    Jul 15 2025
    Plus: group behind June cyberattack on Albemarle County has been identified; and other stories
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    5 m
  • 7/14/25 - Virginia General Assembly eyes September session

    7/14/25 - Virginia General Assembly eyes September session
    Jul 14 2025
    It’s unclear what the extent of the effects will be or when they’ll hit Virginia. Plus: Richmond's finance director resigns and VPM News will be hosting a Mug Stop in Charlottesville!
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  • BizSense Beat: Intermediate Terminal Building, sandwich court battle, Ohm Health

    BizSense Beat: Intermediate Terminal Building, sandwich court battle, Ohm Health
    Jul 12 2025
    VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jackie Jackie DiBartolomeo explored the Richmond region's top business stories. This week they discuss the redevelopment Richmond'slong-dormant Intermediate Terminal Building, a sandwich shop owners lawsuit against the restaurant's founders and the launch of a local health tech start up.
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    5 m
  • 7/11/25 - VCU awaits legal ruling on teacher residencies future

    7/11/25 - VCU awaits legal ruling on teacher residencies future
    Jul 11 2025
    In other news: UVA President Jim Ryan exits job, US Rep. Rob Wittman talks Medicaid, Richmond hires new CAO — and more Central Virginia news.
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  • 7/10/25 - Hanover School Board elects new leadership

    7/10/25 - Hanover School Board elects new leadership
    Jul 10 2025
    The Central Virginia county has fully replaced its school board within the last two years. It remains one of 12 districts in the commonwealth with an appointed, not elected, board. In other news: Environmental advocates call for pollution curbing at beaches, JMU has a new president — and more Central Virginia news.
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  • 7/9/25 - Gov. Glenn Youngkin “confident” Virginia can lower SNAP error rate

    7/9/25 - Gov. Glenn Youngkin “confident” Virginia can lower SNAP error rate
    Jul 9 2025
    A recent report from the US Department of Agriculture states that Virginia’s over- and underpayment error rate of SNAP food benefits hovers around 11%. In remarks Tuesday, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the commonwealth could bring that number down below the pay-it-back threshold implemented in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In other news: The City of Richmond is looking to redevelop a century-old warehouse in Rockett’s Landing, Charlottesville still plans to implement a homelessness intervention strategy — and more Central Virginia news.
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  • 7/8/25 - State Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D–Fairfax) comments on Flock–ICE report

    7/8/25 - State Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D–Fairfax) comments on Flock–ICE report
    Jul 8 2025
    Flock Safety cameras across Virginia weren't meant to be used for immigration enforcement. But they were. You can read the full report from the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO on our website. In other news: A road in Downtown Richmond is closed for an emergency sewer assessment, amateur radio enthusiasts held an open house last week — and VPM News gets to toot its own horn about some two awards the team received.
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