The Perseid meteor showers are underway, and so are election campaigns for the General Assembly. And a new poll finds Virginians would rather spend the Commonwealth’s budget surplus on funding schools than on tax cuts for the wealthy.

The Richmond Electoral Board reverses their decision to reduce early voting opportunities, a financial dispute between a health insurance company and peoples’ doctors threatens the health of those people, and a new museum is coming to Waynesboro.

Three men from Central America won their immigration cases, but Immigrations and Customs Enforcement are detaining them anyway; Senator Tim Kaine meets with black business leaders in Richmond; for over thirty years, children from across the mid-Atlantic who survive burns have attended a summer camp just for them in the Shenandoah Valley.

Delegate Nick Freitas aims to represent the newly drawn 62nd district, but there is a question over whether he actually lives in it… Shenandoah National Park officials see an increase in litter and pet waste in the park… Jeff Shapiro surveys the ongoing budget impasse and more in Virginia politics and government….

Even though Virginia cops are conducting fewer vehicle searches, they are still more likely to pull over Black and Latino drivers than White drivers… Governor Youngkin is packing the boards of universities across the state, including UVa and JMU, with dozens of new members, some of them with far right political leanings… Scientists at UVa report an intriguing discovery regarding Alzheimer’s disease….

UVa and Virginia Tech change their admissions policies in response to the Supreme Court’s June affirmative action ruling… The Southern Environmental Law Center says it will appeal Virginia’s withdrawal from RGGI… A new survey finds that a large majority of voters in Virginia support initiatives that would reduce or cap prescription drug costs….

For the first time in more than 15 years, Virginia will likely not have a back-to-school sales tax holiday this weekend… This year's Harrisonburg International Festival, an annual staple of the city’s culture for more than a decade, is canceled… A Charlottesville-based non-profit helps local organizations get the word out about weatherization and energy efficient programs….

Child poverty in Virginia falls to a historic low, but advocates worry that the numbers may be about to spike… The U.S. Department of Agriculture awards nearly $11 million to three rural health care projects nearby, including a hospital in Bath County... Democratic Representative Abigail Spanberger may be eyeing the governor’s mansion….

The Verona-based Nexus corporation and its founders find themselves in a lot of legal trouble… The U.S. Supreme Court allows construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline to resume… In our weekly politics chat, Jeff Schapiro ponders whether the political donations of professors at UVa should be tracked….