More than 90,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine are now in Virginia… VCU says it will review all Greek life on campus after the apparent hazing death of a freshman last weekend… One of the big disappointments for criminal justice advocates in this year’s General Assembly session was a failure to remove mandatory minimum sentences….

Leaders of Greek organizations at UVa shut down social activities, citing 'blatant noncompliance' with COVID-19 rules… The governor calls for an outside probe into Virginia’s parole board… Even as the state pushes to get kids back into classrooms, mental health experts say that could be hard for some students….

State Police investigate the shooting death of a Black man by a Culpeper County deputy… JMU has renamed three of its buildings, and the choices are notable in more ways than one – we hear from some of those who were honored… Now that the General Assembly has adjourned, we review what lawmakers accomplished, and what’s next….

A police officer in Stanley is shot and killed by a driver during a traffic stop before the officer could get out of his patrol vehicle… As some social restrictions in Virginia get lifted, health officials say a new single-dose vaccine will start being offered this week… Big compromises on expungement of criminal records, and marijuana legalization, as the 2021 General Assembly session wraps up….

Virginia receives over $95 million for affordable housing In the latest state budget, teachers could get a 5% raise Voters in the commonwealth could get better data about election results And archaeologists unearth human remains at the historic First Baptist church in Williamsburg

Governor Northam says new cases are down, and vaccinations are up, so it’s time to start lifting social restrictions, at least a little… 65 years after the beginning of massive resistance to desegregation in Virginia, we honor Barbara Johns, who led the walkout in Farmville that eventually became part of Brown v. Board of Education … Among the action in the General Assembly, lawmakers heavily amend a bill to get students back to in-person learning….

With half a million now vaccinated, the number of Virginians who have succumbed to COVID-19 is now more than the population of Lexington… Last year, more than 160 Confederate monuments came down in the Old Dominion, and another monument to our racist past – a statue of Harry Byrd – will soon be removed from Capitol Square in Richmond… Child welfare advocates say the new state budget has good and bad news….

Attorney General Mark Herring sues Libre by Nexus – he says they’re preying on immigrants… Virginia will be the first state in the south to ban the death penalty… How close are we to herd immunity? An expert at UVa answers that question….

JMU honors several prominent Black members of the community in renaming three buildings… We have a General Assembly round-up… One of the first surveys of preferences for Virginia governor is out, and not surprisingly, lots of people are undecided….

The health district serving Charlottesville is apologizing for long lines and residents turned away from a vaccination clinic… A new analysis finds that despite liberalization in pot enforcement, Black Virginians are still being targeted at higher rates than Whites for possession of marijuana… One Virginia college grad is in charge of making sure that Earth germs don’t contaminate Mars during the Perseverance lander mission….