Plus: Albemarle County’s General Registrar resigns; VMI has a new superintendent; Virginia’s State Board of Health on transgender athletics policies; and other stories.

Plus: Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board sees departures; Metal Detectors in Chesterfield schools; Virginia’s National Guard deployments and other stories.

VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jack Jacobs discuss the Richmond's region's top business stories. This week's topic include a Diamond District lawsuit, Short Pump's new VR arcade, and the groundbreaking of a new housing development in Chester.

Plus: help name a baby porcupine! 

Plus: Fly, Eagles Fly; two bald eagles were recently released at Pocahontas State Park, and other stories.

In other news, Chesterfield residents are appealing a decision about Dominion Energy’s permit use, the UVA Student Council has also issued a “no confidence” resolution in the Board of Visitors — and school is IN (or almost IN) session for Central Virginia students.

ICYMI: Read the transcript from Monday’s interview about Liberty Lost by clicking or tap here.

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Plus: Boar’s Head reopens in Virginia; health insurance rates could skyrocket; and recovered bald eagles to take flight 

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Editor’s note: Today’s episode includes discussion of a podcast that references teen pregnancy, sexual assault, coercive behavior and the complex emotions surrounding open and closed adoptions. Listener discretion is advised. 

A new podcast goes inside the Liberty Godparent Home in Lynchburg. Through interviews with women who stayed there, journalist T. J. Raphael details how the home reportedly pressured teen mothers to surrender their babies in exchange for scholarships to Liberty University.  

Features Editor Whittney Evans recently spoke to Rafael and Sarah P. — a former resident and case manager at the Godparent Home. 

Liberty Lost is a six-episode, limited series podcast produced by and available on Wondery as well as other podcast platforms. 

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VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense reporter Jackie DiBartolomeo, discuss the Richmond area's to business stories. This week's news includes details on sentencing appeal for a man who robbed millions from Virginia’s birth-related injury fund, Chesterfield County's Powhite Parkway expansion project and the new fast food chain coming to the Richmond-area.

Plus: Fox Elementary School is back; a controversial Confederate monument returns to Arlington National Cemetery; Virginia Beach sand dunes are older than Egyptian pyramids; and other stories.

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