Governor Ralph Northam has introduced a new statewide initiative to provide rent and mortgage relief to Virginians who have lost income during the pandemic, researchers at UVA may have developed a blood test that can predict a patient's chance of having a severe reaction to a COVID-19 infection, calls for the removal of the statue of A.P. Hill may be impeded by the fact that the Confederate Lieutenant General is actually buried at the monument, Chesterfield is holding a series of virtual public meetings to discuss plans for reopening schools in the fall, and a memoriam for Bill Royall, Jr., a longtime patron of the arts in Richmond.