Virginia Focus

This week’s show will discuss Virginia Weather with VNN’s Meteorologist John Wetherbee. He’ll talk about what caused the recent heat wave and precautions to take in the heat, how this year’s hurricane season is looking so far, and the importance of being weather aware in all situations.

Studies show prescription drug prices in the United States are significantly higher than in other nations, with prices in the United States averaging 2.56 times those seen in 32 other nations. Bloomburg reports the average American spends $1200 a year on prescription drugs. On Virginia Focus, we’re talking to Antonio Ciaccia (CHA-CHA) the President of 3 Axis Advisors and the leading expert on drug pricing to learn how the drug supply chain works, which groups are responsible for the huge price increases, and what you and I can do to pressure the right people to fix it.

Homeward VA is our region’s data-driven authority on homelessness and a national leader on homelessness research and data analysis. I’ve invited the Director of Development and Communications, Faith Kallman on the show to talk to us about the factors that create homelessness, obstacles to moving people out of homelessness, and how the community can become one of those obstacles .

On Virginia Focus, we’re talking about student safety – physical, mental, and emotional. We will start the show talking to two people state leaders placed in charge of keeping Virginia’s schools physically safe. We’ll discuss Governor Youngkin’s budget plans to increase security as well as other policies that put Virginia at the cutting edge of school safety in the nation. We will also hear from two organizations trying to address the national state of emergency in children’s mental health exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.