State watchdog report finds significant flaws in state’s special education efforts
Every year, more than 2,300 special education students — 20 percent — are awarded essentially worthless diplomas when they graduate.
Free COVID-19 testing
Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.
Statue of teen civil rights advocate set to represent Virginia in U.S. Capitol
Teenage rebel Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike in Farmville that ultimately helped eradicate government-enforced racial segregation in the United States, is recommended to be Virginia’s new statue in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.
Richmond Highway to replace Confederate street name
Jefferson Davis Highway is getting a new name.
City Council backs year-round homeless shelter, approves master plan
Rhonda Sneed has gained City Council support after a year of pleading for City Hall to create a year-round shelter for the homeless.
Gov. Northam proposes $25M to transform Monument Avenue and historical sites
The state would provide nearly $11 million to repopulate Monument Avenue with figures of heroes to replace the Confederate statues that once dominated the street under a proposal from Gov. Ralph S. Northam.
Families of homicide victims gather online for 30th annual remembrance ceremony
Members of the Richmond community gathered online last week to remember homicide victims and their survivors at the Richmond Coalition Against Violence’s 30th Annual Holiday Memorial Program.
Women power
Spring Cambric broke down in tears as she stood surrounded by family and friends last Saturday on the front porch of her new North Side home.
Cozy with Chromebook
Richmond students won’t be going back into school buildings for in-person classes next semester.
Gov. Northam signs ‘Breonna’s Law’ banning no-knock warrants
Two of Breonna Taylor’s aunts watched in Richmond on Monday as Gov. Ralph S. Northam ceremonially signed a statewide ban against police use of no-knock search warrants, a law named after Ms. Taylor, a Kentucky woman who was fatally shot …
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe makes it official: He wants another 4 years
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe has been saying for months he wants his old job back. On Wednesday, Mr. McAuliffe made his bid official.
Officials stress equitable access for Blacks, Latinos to COVID-19 vaccine
Virginia is preparing for its first supply of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in the next week or so, with 480,000 doses now expected with the first wave.
Mayor appoints Lincoln Saunders as acting CAO
J.E. Lincoln Saunders is now in charge of City Hall operations.
Richmond Resilience Initiative expands to help 55 families
First there were 18 families.
Sen. Morrissey in legal trouble again
Richmond Democratic state Sen. Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey confirms that when he was running for office in November 2019, he gave out doughnuts to election staff inside the polling place at the Powhatan Community Center on Fulton Hill on Election …
