Protestors will not let up on a call to defund the Richmond Police Department. 8News reports that a group blocked Marshall Street outside City Hall last night, urging an end to police violence. Someone spray-painted ‘Defund RPD’ along the street. What does “defund the police” mean? It simply means to reallocate or redirect funding away […]
Mayor Levar Stoney introduced a proposed ban to Richmond City Council one week ago and tonight it will be discussed. A council committee gave the go-ahead last week. The rule would prohibit firearms in city-owned buildings and public parks. State lawmakers are meeting for a special session next week to discuss gun control measures. A […]
Richmond City Council has approved and will sign-off on its budget for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The spending plan calls for over 320-million dollars for Richmond Public Schools, which will be paid for with the help of a new meals tax. The city’s real estate tax is staying the same at one dollar, 20 cents […]
A resolution was introduced at Monday night’s Richmond city council meeting calling for the removal of Confederate statues. It was a packed house last night. People held signs that read “Take’em down now” and people speaking about tearing down racists symbols dominated the meeting. But not everyone spoke about monuments as others said that city […]
At Monday night’s Richmond City Council meeting members took the possibility of closing any schools off of the table. The school board voted six to three at last night’s meeting in an effort to balance the budget. However, there maybe possible cuts to bus routes and the slashing of some services. The Richmond School Board […]
To close or not close several Richmond Public Schools that is the question… Richmond City Council has settled on a compromise to give Richmond Public Schools an additional nine-point-five million dollars in the city’s budget. This is a little more than the school system was expecting to receive. Richmond School Superintendent Dr. Dana T. Bedden […]
Is there money in the city budget to prevent school closures? Richmond City Council members are trying to find more money for city schools as they look at options to shut down at least eight Richmond city schools to make up for an 18-million dollar budget shortfall. At Monday night’s meeting in council chambers, some […]
UPDATE: On Monday night, hundreds of concern citizens attended the Richmond City Council meeting either to support or oppose Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ Revitalize RVA Plan resolution for Shockoe Bottom. According to Mayor Jones, the new ballpark project will generate 187-million dollars in new tax revenue for schools and create 1,000 jobs. Following a five hour […]
Will Richmonders support a new ballpark in Shockoe Bottom as part of a new economic development plan? According to Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, the new ballpark project will generate 187-million dollars in new tax revenue and create 1,000 jobs. The ballpark site will be located at 17th and 18th streets with parking available at […]
Will Richmonders support a new ballpark in Shockoe Bottom? According to Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, the new ballpark project will generate 187-million dollars in new tax revenue and create 1,000 jobs. The ballpark site will be located at 17th and 18th streets with parking available at 14th, 15th and Franklin Streets. There will be 700 […]
Article 1. Bill of Rights Section 11. Due process of law; obligation of contracts; taking of private property; prohibited discrimination; jury trial in civil cases. BALLOT QUESTION Shall Section 11 of Article I (Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to require that eminent domain only be […]
