Governor Northam signs four bills in regards to voting in Virginia. Gavin Grimm wins in the Supreme Court over his right to use the boys’ restroom while he was in Gloucester County public schools… We share another local StoryCorps conversation, today with environmental writer Chris Bolgiano….

Sixty years after the Freedom Riders traveled through Virginia to fight unlawful segregation, another Freedom Ride passes through to fight voter suppression... Virginia’s new redistricting commission is having trouble finding legal and PR firms that are willing to help… As the president and Congress wrangle over an infrastructure bill, we survey some dams in Virginia that pose a threat….

It looks like Charlottesville’s Confederate statues will find new homes, but where will they be, and how will they reflect our history?... Beginning July 1st, Medicaid will cover some dental services… Birth rates are declining in Virginia, and that could have dramatic consequences for decades to come….

Police identify the man they shot to death after a hostage standoff in Luray… The General Assembly will meet in August to decide what to do with a huge budget surplus, but much of that money is already spoken for… In our latest local StoryCorps conversation, two women remember their fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline….

Police shoot a man to death after a standoff in Luray… For the first time, the descendants of enslaved persons will have equal say in governing the place that held their ancestors in bondage – that’s happening at James Madison’s Montpelier… Starting July 1st, thousands more Virginians will be eligible for food assistance….

Virginia reaches President Biden’s goal of getting 7 out of 10 adults vaccinated, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule… Meanwhile, Virginia’s mental health hospitals are overwhelmed, in part due to staffing shortages… We meet the third candidate for governor, the one whose name isn’t McAuliffe or Youngkin….

First it was toilet paper, then yeast, garden gnomes, and gasoline. Now, as society reopens, it’s pallets that are in short supply, a behind-the-scenes commodity used to transport goods from factories and farms to distributors, retailers, and us. Virginia Public Radio's Christine Kueter reports.

Virginia is oh-so-close to reaching President Biden’s goal of 70 percent of adults with at least one COVID-19 vaccine… Delegate Danica Roem, the first openly transgender legislator in the nation, talks about Virginia’s first-of-its-kind law in the south protecting those in LGBTQ communities from the so-called “panic” defense… Last year, it was toilet paper and hand sanitizer, now it’s shipping pallets that are in short supply, and we check in with a pallet maker in Lyndhurst….

One of the hallmarks of summer is making a comeback in 2021: the music festival. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

State health officials warn that the pandemic means fewer kids are getting vaccinated for chicken pox and polio and other diseases… Meanwhile, a Virginia Tech researcher says, even as we drove less last year, the pandemic saw disturbing trends in traffic fatalities in 2020… Summer begins Sunday June 20th, and music festivals are back….