Virginia defends the Affordable Care Act while Washington refuses....The state’s women veterans gather to discuss their issues....Mark Warner’s opioid bills advance in the Senate.

In Tuesday's primaries, Trump loyalist Corey Stewart was selected by Republican voters to challenge incumbent Tim Kaine… The fall’s congressional races in our area will feature lots of women candidates, another possible reaction to Trump’s presidency….

The nursing home resident who died Sunday after he fell into a creek is identified -- he was an Army veteran… Polls are open today in Virginia primary elections… And we have a look at the role of absentee ballots….

A nursing home resident is dead after falling into a creek in Charlottesville… S&P reaffirms Virginia’s Triple-A bond rating, and that’s important for lower interest rate borrowing… A big reason is the two-year budget deal lawmakers reached this month – that deal expanded Medicaid in Virginia, so now that’s the law, what’s next?

Summertime is the season of music festivals. WMRA’s Jessie Knadler rounds up some great local music events to check out during the hot months.

The couple killed by last week’s floodwaters in Albemarle County has been identified… May’s record rainfalls have devastated some Virginia crops… Summer is music festival time, and we have a preview…

Thursday is the day that Medicaid expansion becomes the law in Virginia… Legislators from Virginia continue their fight against Trump’s off-shore drilling plans... We preview the candidates for Congress in next Tuesday’s Virginia primary election….

Virginians will go to the polls for primary elections Tuesday, June 12 th . Four congressional seats are at play in the WMRA listening area. And U.S. Senator Tim Kaine will also be on the ballot this fall – three GOP candidates are vying to unseat him. JMU political science professor Bob Roberts joined WMRA's Bob Leweke to provide some perspective.

Search crews find the remains of a woman swept away by flood waters near Ivy last week… Three Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters are arrested in West Virginia after chaining themselves to construction equipment… A look at the mixed picture for higher ed funding in the new state budget….

Rescue crews continue their search for a missing motorist nearly a week after last week's floods… The family of the unarmed, naked man shot by a Richmond police officer last month is now demanding reforms… We look back at the private endowment that created Winchester’s public school system….