The UVA Rotunda in 2020. Photo: Julia Rendleman for The Washington Post via Getty Images
🎓 About 200 university leaders, including UVA and Virginia Wesleyan's presidents, signed onto a letter yesterday denouncing the Trump administration's "coercive use of public research funding. (Axios)
What we're watching: If VCU or Virginia Tech add themselves to the list.
🐘 ElephantInsurance, headquartered in Richmond, will be sold to a New York investment firm as part of its parent company's plan to exit the U.S. auto insurance market. (Virginia Business)
✈️ Starting Sept. 5, you can get nonstop Breeze flights from the RIC airport to Palm Beach, Florida. (Times-Dispatch)
