Michael Lee Pope is on vacation today and Lauren Burke of the Burkefile Podcast filled in as guest host.

IN THE NEWS:
1. The redistricting lawsuit was dead and now its alive again. After a court ruled that Paul Goldman lacked standing to bring the case, Jeff Thomas, author of the Virginia Way, filed another federal lawsuit seeking to force new state elections in 2022.

2. The Commanders found themselves in a "dust up" with the Virginia General Assembly, which pulled a bill providing incentives for a new stadium after a coach called the Jan. 6 insurrection a "dust up" and compared it with peaceful protests.

3. VA Gov Glenn Youngkin is forcing all state employees to work from their office instead of their homes. Dems say this hurts the state’s competitiveness with the private sector. We say think it might violate the ADA.

INTERVIEW:
Del. Amanda Batten (R-James City County) is the House Republican Caucus Chair. Governor Glenn Youngkin just signed her bill to grant in-state tuition to victims of human trafficking living in Virginia at state colleges and universities.

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