Stoney launches census committee
Mayor Levar M. Stoney is seeking to ensure every city resident is counted in the official 2020 Census. This week, Mayor Stoney launched Richmond’s Census 2020 Complete Count Committee to help make it happen when the population count begins more …
Gingerbread House Challenge to benefit Better Housing Coalition
Twenty-four teams will vie to create a prize-winning gingerbread house this weekend to benefit the Better Housing Coalition, a Richmond nonprofit that develops affordable housing, it has been announced.
Obama Elementary to hold fall festival Nov. 10
North Side’s newly renamed school is having a fall celebration.
New delivery service starts in Richmond
For a flat delivery fee of $1.95 and the cost of the goods, Richmonders can get diapers, toilet paper, beverages and snacks delivered to their home between noon and 4 a.m. seven days a week.
Virginia playing central role in high-stakes Nov. 6 election
Call it a high-stakes referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency and the Republican agenda that includes proposals to slash spending on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and anti-poverty programs to pay for tax cuts, appoint conservative judges to roll back voting rights …
DJ Lonnie B Center?
A brewing battle over an unusual proposal to rename a city recreation center in South Side for a popular area DJ has exposed a largely unnoticed snafu involving the city property.
Lady Luck visits Va. in Mega Millions
Money! Money! Money! Americans took a deep breath Tuesday night, praying to be the lucky winner of the biggest drawing in Mega Millions history.
Enrollment begins Nov. 1 for Medicaid expansion
Shanté Williams is among tens of thousands of Virginians patiently waiting for Thursday, Nov. 1, to arrive. That’s the start date for enrollment in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
Progressive Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine works across the aisle
When U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine went head to head in this fall’s three senatorial candidate debates, the Democrat repeatedly was credited for keeping his composure despite the political fire being hurled at him by his Republican opponent. It’s nothing new …
Senate challenger Corey Stewart believes voters want him to speak his mind
Corey Stewart was a young dock worker in his Great Lakes hometown of Duluth, Minn., when he almost lost his life in an accident readying to sail the waters once tread by the legendary ship the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Rep. McEachin views health care as overarching issue of campaign
When Richmond native and veteran attorney A. Donald McEachin decided to run for Virginia’s 4th District Congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, his decision nearly two years ago to shift political careers from state lawmaker to rookie member …
Ryan McAdams seeks repeal or defunding of Affordable Care Act
Ryan McAdams has always liked a challenge, especially, he said, when it comes from God. That explains his decision to run on the Republican Party ticket to challenge 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin, a veteran Democratic lawmaker and seasoned …
Rep. Dave Brat facing close re-election bid
When longtime economics professor-turned-political-rookie Dave Brat defeated House Republican Leader Eric Cantor in Mr. Cantor’s 2014 primary contest for re-election, the shocking upset made heads spin around the political universe.
Abigail Spanberger, a political newcomer, is part of ‘blue wave’
Abigail Spanberger had some tough personal choices to make this spring. Telling her three daughters that she had once worked for the CIA was one — a tough one, she said.
Richmond 7th District School Board race
For Broderick, the key is organizing priorities for limited resources; Burke attributes success on board to experience, engaging the community; Robertson seeks to expand ESL classes, trauma-informed care for RPS students