Virginia teachers turn out in the thousands to march on the state capitol, demanding higher pay and increases in school funding… If the General Assembly doesn’t act immediately, changes to the federal tax code could impact YOUR state return... A massive cold front is headed our way, along with gusty winds….

Rangers are back – and the restrooms are open – at Shenandoah National Park, after the longest shutdown in history ended over the weekend… Police investigate a stabbing death in Edinburg… Lawmakers in Richmond consider cracking down on the kind of paramilitary groups that marched on Charlottesville….

An ethics bill prompted by James Madison University’s hiring of former Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling just after he’d completed a term on the university’s board of visitors took one step closer to becoming law Thursday in Richmond. WMRA's Andrew Jenner reports. *UPDATE Tues. Jan. 29...

A bill to prevent the kind of conflict of interest in state hiring that a Valley legislator says happened when JMU hired Bill Bolling has cleared a Senate committee… The state Senate has passed a bill allowing guns in churches, but Governor Northam he will likely veto it… What are Virginia’s members of Congress saying, and doing, about the partial government shutdown?

New court-drawn legislative maps will favor Democrats in several districts this November… Lawmakers make an effort to bring more broadband to rural areas… Legislators on both sides of the aisle are in agreement about getting rid of old Jim Crow language in the state’s minimum wage code….

The ERA appears to be on life support now in the General Assembly… Several measures to make schools safer pass… Several localities get state money to help preserve farmland….

Guitarist Mdou Moctar has been a prominent figure in the West African music scene of Agadez, Niger for the past decade. He plays a style that fuses traditional Tuareg guitar music with psychedelic blues and desert rock. Mdou Moctar is playing Tuesday, January 22 at the Golden Pony in Harrisonburg . WMRA’s Calvin Pynn spoke with Moctar about playing in Agadez, and bringing his music to the rest of the world.

Virginia’s minimum wage will not be going up anytime soon… Proposed gun bills are more likely to become campaign ads this fall… Some Virginians may be paying higher STATE income taxes, in exchange for the federal tax cut….

Parents could get advance notice of active shooter training. Confederate statues could come under local control. Guidance counselors try to shake off stigma. Volunteers step in to restore a historic African-American cemetery.

Abortion splits the Assembly. Coal ash ponds are a step closer to shutting down. A bill aims to develop the next generation of Virginia tech talent as early as possible.