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The Democratic-led legislature and the Republican governor are still at odds over how federal cuts will impact Virginia.

Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

River cruises are popular around the world.  But for two Virginia men they are also a chance to honor a forgotten part of the Commonwealth’s history – to recall how one boat changed the fate of the state.  

Sandy Hausman has their story.

The pharmaceutical industry generates about 300 million tons of plastic a year to package its products. 

The University of Virginia got to thinking about that problem and has arrived at a partial solution, as Sandy Hausman reports.

A pair of salamanders native to Virginia are up for federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

But the Trump administration is aiming to redefine how habitat destruction factors into those protections.

Dave Cantor has more on the Eastern Hellbender and the Yellow-spotted woodland salamander.

As the June primaries draw closer, candidates are stepping up their TV ad campaigns.

Virginia Public Radio politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

Ask anyone trying to buy a house in Virginia how the process is going and you’re likely to hear stories of one heartbreak after another.

Brad Kutner found out why it’s so hard to get new housing in Virginia and what both candidates for governor would like to see happen if they win. 

Some of the highest rates of sea level rise in the country are in the Chesapeake Bay region where it’s twice the average annual global rate.

Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed the Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s reservation, on a peninsula in King William County, among its eleven Most Endangered Historic Places in America.

Pamela D’Angelo reports.

By law, Virginia’s largest electric utility must stop emitting carbon by 2045, so Dominion is expanding its solar production. 

One challenge – finding places to put more solar panels. 

Sandy Hausman reports on a novel location in Albemarle County.

Changes to the November ballot and changes to Virginia’s budget are a few of the political headlines from the past few days.

Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.

The sudden withdrawal of Pat Herrity from the Republican primary for lieutenant governor means the GOP will have no statewide primaries in June.

But Michael Pope tells us that Republicans will have ten primaries for House of Delegates seats.

Governor Glenn Youngkin gave the thumbs up to President Donald Trump’s tariff policies Tuesday.

The remarks came at an agricultural trade conference held in Richmond where the impacts of Trump’s policy were also discussed.

Brad Kutner has more.