VPM News has spent the last week bringing you the first half of our special summer series on all things joy.  

At the halfway point, we’re stopping to catch you up on other news stories from the past week — including a lawsuit over University of Richmond scholarship programs; hundreds of thousands of Virginia families on the verge of losing health insurance and other benefits; and a new chief justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia. 

We’ll be back on Tuesday with more Finding Joy! 

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