The Trump administration may have pressured Todd Gilbert to resign his interim post as U.S. attorney… A judge in Charlottesville rules that a lawsuit over the city’s new zoning code will proceed to trial… The invasive red-and-white spotted lanternfly has settled into much of the Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley….

Governor Youngkin calls up dozens of Virginia National Guard troops to support ICE… Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan warns about the effects of coming cuts to federal food assistance programs… Staunton’s planners recommend allowing beekeeping in the city….

Nelson County supervisors take direct control of the Department of Social Services… More than 4,000 people in Virginia have been arrested by ICE agents this year… One Virginia Democrat wants to force more transparency for immigration officials….

Virginia’s Head Start program faces headwinds in the wake of federal cuts… Local hospitals brace for big cuts in their funding… We explore the prospects for moving statewide elections to even years, like most other states….

Just over a month after being sworn in, former Valley Delegate Todd Gilbert resigns as U.S. attorney… We examine how local hospitals are adjusting to massive cuts in health care spending… Will 2025 be a wave election for Democrats?

A new report predicts job losses and a weaker economy in Virginia... A state science committee studies possible health effects of heavy use of chatbots... We search for dragonflies in Nelson County....

State police investigate a fatal shooting by a Shenandoah County sheriff's deputy… Virginia’s attorney general sues Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs over failure to pay benefits... Virginia’s Board of Health votes to go further in limiting transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports….

VMI announces a new superintendent to replace the first Black leader, ousted by the board in February… Dozens of Virginia National Guardsmen begin training to provide support for federal ICE enforcement… An emergency House of Delegates committee meets to hear more about federal changes to government assistance programs….

The Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton celebrated contributions to American independence from the people of Virginia’s Frontier ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary... Candidates for Virginia’s lieutenant governor are making their pitches to local leaders... Democrats disagree with Governor Glenn Youngkin’s positive outlook on the state’s economy ... Meanwhile, the Virginia Department of Corrections struggles to fill open jobs... And Radio IQ Politics Analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government

The Harrisonburg City Council has postponed a rezoning request for a controversial property downtown... Public school enrollment is expected to decline in the next decade... The E-P-A is cancelling a program that would expand solar energy... The Wildlife Center of Virginia released two bald eagles that were in its care... And near Richmond, federal immigration agents detained the 19-year-old son of an Afghan refugee