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Dan Easley

Dan Easley was a producer, host and operations manager at WMRA from 2005 - 2017, and now helps out as a part-time announcer, often hosting Morning Edition. His day job is to help run a makerspace at JMU Libraries.

  • We track more people moving out of Virginia than into it. We ask: where does our recycling go? And we look back on some of the year’s most noteworthy stories.
  • The General Assembly reconvenes next month, and members of both political parties hope to add new amendments to the commonwealth's constitution. And, a statewide education program ends as federal funding for it is exhausted.
  • Since SNAP benefits reverted to pre-pandemic levels, some seniors have to choose between food and insulin; syphillis cases in the commonwealth are on the rise; Governor Youngkin proposes reducing the income tax, and making up for it by raising the sales tax.
  • 2.7 Million Virginians will be on the highways this week; two federal grants totaling a billion dollars will expand passenger railroads in the Commonwealth, and the current Virginia governor wants to reduce taxes while giving teachers a raise that’s less than one-third this year’s rate of inflation.
  • Charlottesville’s City Council passes a new zoning plan, Richmond launches a powerful surveillance network, and the General Assembly will debate whether tax dollars should go to sports venues.
  • A shooting in Strasburg on Sunday, the effect of holiday celebrations on air and water quality, and ski resorts in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains are open for the winter season.
  • Four Virginia prisons will close next year; Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board has an opening, and new technology to help crack down on automobile noise might be coming to Virginia.
  • The General Assembly reconvenes this week to pass amendments to the budget, Harrisonburg public officials issue a Drought Warning, and experts expect a rise in cases of RSV, COVID-19, and the flu.
  • A guilty verdict for a murder in Waynesboro. As a court decides whether Virginia will remain in a multi-state environmental compact, all streams and rivers in the Shenandoah National Park are closed to fishing. And, as the Secretary of the Commonwealth steps down to join Governor Youngkin’s political team, Youngkin replaces her with the Director of the Virginia Lottery.
  • A guilty verdict found in a local murder case, a private company contracted by the Virginia Retirement System lets retirees’ personal information leak, and the General Assembly tries to pass amendments to the Commonwealth’s budget, a couple months late.