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Where’s the money?

Last week we asked Mayor Levar M. Stoney to explain what happened to the higher real estate taxes the city received from owners of property with expiring tax abatements, also called roll-off dollars.

Uphold your oath

We call on President Biden to uphold his oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Where’s the money?

At least $2.4 million in city tax revenue appears to have gone missing.

One diversity chief to go, please!

This week, former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder again demanded the removal of the state’s chief diversity officer, a man named Martin D. Brown, for comments made during a speech at Virginia Military Institute. During his talk at an employee training ...

Fantasy and facts

Here are your policy choices:

Hold on casino?

Will there be a second Richmond vote on having a gambling casino?

Bench warmers

When statues of traitorous Confederate leaders were removed by concerned volunteers from the public and the remainder by city officials in 2021-2022, it was a good look for the city.

Men can teach, too

Anyone who’s been inside a public school knows there aren’t large numbers of male teachers in classrooms. In fact, male minority teachers make up less than 5 percent of all educators in the country, according to recent data. In 2020, ...

Something in the water

Speaking of teaching, producer and singer Pharrell Williams is a shining example of a Black male role model who, despite his fame, fortune and talent, stays true to himself, his home and values.

Education as the great equalizer

“We have come a long, long way, but we have a long way to go.”

Say Amen, somebody

In delivering the eulogy for Irvo Otieno’s funeral on March 29 at Richmond’s First Baptist Church’s Chesterfield location, civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton promised retribution for Mr. Otieno’s death at the hands of law enforcement and Central State ...

Youngkin spikes restoration of voting rights

The roughly 1,000 people a month released from Virginia prisons are no longer having their voting rights restored almost automatically.

Black people can’t breathe

Two years ago a National Public Radio investigation showed that, since 2015, at least 135 unarmed Black men and women nationwide were fatally shot by police officers. At least 75 percent of the police officers were white.

No debt deal = doom

The clock is ticking on a potentially serious financial crisis that could affect you and your family.

Talking trash

Just the facts. That’s all that voters and television viewers want from Gov. Glenn Youngkin. And a little backbone and truth to go along with them.