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VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jackie DiBartolomeo discuss the Richmond region's top business stories. In this week's episode, they discuss Google unveiling plans for a data center in Chesterfield County and the looming foreclosure of the Riverfront Plaza.

VPM News has spent the last week bringing you the first half of our special summer series on all things joy.   At the halfway point, we’re stopping to catch you up on other news stories from the past week — including a lawsuit over University of Richmond scholarship programs; hundreds of thousands of Virginia families on the verge of losing health insurance and other benefits; and a new chief just...

VPM News is wrapping up summer 2025 with some of the greatest, the simplest and the most out-of-this-world joys Central Virginia has to offer.  Part 5: Cate MacKenzie immerses us in the local square-dancing community.  Learn more at vpm.org/joy.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

VPM News is wrapping up summer 2025 with some of the greatest, the simplest and the most out-of-this-world joys Central Virginia has to offer.  Part 4: Patrick Larsen introduces us to the beauty of conservation landscaping.  Learn more at vpm.org/joy.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

Welcome to Finding Joy! VPM News is wrapping up summer 2025 with some of the greatest, the simplest and the most out-of-this-world joys Central Virginia has to offer.   Part 3: Dean Mirshahi introduces us to the booming, body-slamming, fourth wall–breaking world of locally produced professional wrestling.  Learn more at vpm.org/joy.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Vis...

Welcome to Finding Joy! VPM News is wrapping up summer 2025 with some of the greatest, the simplest and the most out-of-this-world joys Central Virginia has to offer.   Part 2: Adrienne Hoar McGibbon⁠ introduces us to the richly rewarding experience of rehoming former lab rats with Second Chance Heroes.   Learn more about the series at ⁠vpm.org/joy⁠. 

Welcome to Finding Joy! VPM News is wrapping up summer 2025 with some of the greatest, the simplest and the most out-of-this-world joys Central Virginia has to offer. Part 1: Megan Pauly brings us along for Muddy Mondays, a summer hike for young kids run by Trail Kids RVA.  Learn more about the series at vpm.org/joy. Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate...

Read the lightly edited transcript of this complete interview on VPM.org now.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism.

VPM News Host Benjamin Dolle and BizSense Reporter Mike Platania discuss the Richmond's region's top business stories. This week's topic include a lawsuit against Riverfront Plaza in downtown Richmond, and a new area location for Charlottesville-based ACAC Fitness & Wellness.

Plus: Early childhood and higher education reporter Megan Pauly spoke with families who rely on the program and the educators who run it.  

Plus: GOP candidate for Governor Earle-Sears promises to “defend and deliver”; a possible measles exposure in Northern Virginia; and work resumes on Forest Hill sewer replacement project.  

Editor Whittney Evans digs into the history of Virginia’s seemingly permanent case of election season — and fatigue.  Submit your own question to Curious Commonwealth at ⁠⁠⁠⁠vpm.org/curious⁠⁠⁠⁠.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

Plus: Albemarle County’s General Registrar resigns; VMI has a new superintendent; Virginia’s State Board of Health on transgender athletics policies; and other stories.

Plus: Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board sees departures; Metal Detectors in Chesterfield schools; Virginia’s National Guard deployments and other stories.

VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense Reporter Jack Jacobs discuss the Richmond's region's top business stories. This week's topic include a Diamond District lawsuit, Short Pump's new VR arcade, and the groundbreaking of a new housing development in Chester.

Plus: help name a baby porcupine! 

Plus: Fly, Eagles Fly; two bald eagles were recently released at Pocahontas State Park, and other stories.

In other news, Chesterfield residents are appealing a decision about Dominion Energy’s permit use, the UVA Student Council has also issued a “no confidence” resolution in the Board of Visitors — and school is IN (or almost IN) session for Central Virginia students. ICYMI: Read the transcript from Monday’s interview about Liberty Lost by clicking or tap here. Our award-winning work is made possible...

Plus: Boar’s Head reopens in Virginia; health insurance rates could skyrocket; and recovered bald eagles to take flight  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. 

Editor’s note: Today’s episode includes discussion of a podcast that references teen pregnancy, sexual assault, coercive behavior and the complex emotions surrounding open and closed adoptions. Listener discretion is advised.  A new podcast goes inside the Liberty Godparent Home in Lynchburg. Through interviews with women who stayed there, journalist T. J. Raphael details how the home reportedly p...

VPM News Host Lyndon German and BizSense reporter Jackie DiBartolomeo, discuss the Richmond area's to business stories. This week's news includes details on sentencing appeal for a man who robbed millions from Virginia’s birth-related injury fund, Chesterfield County's Powhite Parkway expansion project and the new fast food chain coming to the Richmond-area.

Plus: Fox Elementary School is back; a controversial Confederate monument returns to Arlington National Cemetery; Virginia Beach sand dunes are older than Egyptian pyramids; and other stories. Are you enjoying the audio versions of our VPM News Shorts? They’re usually posted twice a week to our ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠.  Our award-winning journalism is made possible with you...

Plus: A rabid raccoon in Mechanicsville; A statue of Jefferson Davis heads to California; and other stories

VPM News’ Billy Shields digs into the “why” of this listener question for the latest Curious Commonwealth.  Submit your own question to Curious Commonwealth at ⁠⁠⁠vpm.org/curious⁠⁠⁠. Our award-winning journalism is made possible with your support. Visit ⁠vpm.org/donate⁠ for more information. 

Our award-winning journalism is made possible with your support. Visit vpm.org/donate for more information.