{"podcast":{"title":"VPM Daily Newscast","slug":"vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","podcast_index_feed_id":1019051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/vpmdailynewscast","website_url":"https://vpm.org/news","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7e942d00-b195-11ea-af96-ab5b8e8b2b6e/image/313a7ebb33cbc81166c2beeac17dc644.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"VPM","episode_count":1627,"summary":"This VPM News supercast contains Central Virginia's news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Kim Strother and VPM News editors, episodes are (usually) recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:17:25.970730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051"},"episode":{"title":"7/8/26 - Richmond Public Schools still facing budget gap","slug":"7-8-26-richmond-public-schools-still-facing-budget-gap","published_at":"2026-07-08T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/7-8-26-richmond-public-schools-still-facing-budget-gap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051","url":"https://www.vpm.org/show/vpm-daily-newscast","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/VPM4067198974.mp3","summary":"More from VPM News Harding, Ollivant, Smithers vie for GOP nomination in 7th Congressional District WATCH: Cville Downtown Mall's 50th Anniversary (YouTube) Other links  Culpeper’s free clinic starts peer recovery program (WMRA) Rare corpse flower blooms at Norfolk Botanical Garden (WHRO) Richmond officials pursue voter referendum on new sales tax for schools (The Richmonder) Virginia joins multistate push against ICE rollback on detainee death reporting (Virginia Mercury) CSX begins to remove grain from James River following derailment (Richmond Times-Dispatch)* Petersburg federal prison to close low security unit (The Progress-Index)*  *This outlet uses a paywall.  Our award-winning work is made possible with your donations. Visit vpm.org/donate to support local journalism. ","meta_description":"More from VPM News Harding, Ollivant, Smithers vie for GOP nomination in 7th Congressional District WATCH: Cville Downtown Mall's 50th Anniversary (Y…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/episodes/7-8-26-richmond-public-schools-still-facing-budget-gap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vpm-daily-newscast-1019051/7-8-26-richmond-public-schools-still-facing-budget-gap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}