City and state to benefit from $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill
Richmond could see at least one new bridge and an expansion of the Pulse bus rapid-transit system as benefits of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that President Biden signed into law Monday.
$6.8M: Richmond’s share from opioid manufacturers’ national settlement
Richmond is poised to gain at least a $6.8 million share of a national settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors for the harm caused and the expense dealing with the addiction epidemic they unleashed.
GRTC bus operators picket over safety, security concerns
Active drivers and retired bus operators hold up signs to passing vehicles Nov. 10 as they conduct informational picketing in front of GRTC’s headquarters at 301 E. Belt Blvd. in South Side.
’Just get it done so we can get back to normal’
Thanksgiving 2020 was tough for the Spearman family.
State tests bring to light pandemic learning gap
Richmond Public Schools student learning gap widened with the pandemic, according to results from this fall’s Virginia Growth Assessment testing by the state Department of Education.
Armstrong-Walker Classic parade, tailgate and football game set for Nov. 27
Richmond is set to celebrate the legendary Armstrong-Walker Classic with a parade on Saturday, Nov. 27, and ending with a tailgate and youth football game at Hovey Stadium at Virginia Union University.
Elite African runners missing from this year’s Richmond Marathon
For those thumbing through the Richmond Marathon pre-race information, there was this snippet: “No prize money will be awarded in 2021.”
Retired teacher Vivian Hawkins dies at 80
Vivian Wilnette Johnson Hawkins was involved in the education of hundreds of Richmond schoolchildren for 35 years.
Personality: Nathan Burrell
Spotlight on founding member and board chair of Groundwork RVA
For many in Richmond, the COVID-19 pandemic has led many to seek refuge in nature. For Nathan Burrell, the experience also has been a validating one.
Fields loses appeal in murder conviction from Charlottesville rally
The Ohio man sent to prison for driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August 2017 has lost his bid to appeal his conviction, the Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled Tuesday.
Legal or not?
Texas Hold ‘em poker games taking place in South Side at Pop’s Bar & Grill, whose co-founder is chairman of the Virginia Charitable Gaming Board
Casino-style gaming is still going strong in Richmond even after voters turned down an actual casino-resort in the Nov. 2 referendum.
City Council takes step towards full-time job with full-time pay
Full-time City Council members? For the first time, Richmond’s governing body is planning to seek authority from the General Assembly to hike the pay of members so they could become full time.
The next big thing?
City officials are turning to the planned development of 60 acres of city-owned property in North Side around The Diamond for a big return
What’s the next big thing for Richmond now that the $565 million casino-resort project for South Side and the $1.5 billion Navy Hill project for Downtown are kaput?
Toward a more just world
As the 2021 United Nations Climate Conference COP26 continues, we are unavoidably reminded of what is at stake in our world right now.
For the greater good
The voters have spoken. And whether or not we like the outcome of the Nov. elections, we must abide by the voters’ decisions.
End assault on voting rights now, by Marc H. Morial
“It’s not that the filibuster itself is inherently racist, but it has been the favorite tool of racists. It is the preferred choice of Southern conservatives, in whatever era and whatever party, who are trying to slow down civil rights and trying to deny equal protection for African-Americans.” — Princeton University Historian Kevin M. Kruse
No respect for Black people, by Dr. E. Faye Williams
I read as much as I can from as wide a variety of sources available to me. An important email from the National Trust for Historic Preservation crossed my desk regarding the encroachment of a public highway upon an historic African-American settlement and cemetery.
Elections have consequences
Elections have consequences. We already have seen that with the rejection on Nov. 2 by Richmond voters of the $565 million planned casino and resort development.
’A mass loss of control’: Answers sought in deadly Houston concert
When rapper Travis Scott’s sold-out concert in Houston became a deadly scene of panic and danger in the surging crowd, Edgar Acosta began worrying about his son, who wasn’t answering his phone.
