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Jackson Ward’s restaurant scene helps spur city’s business growth

Richmond has long been a hub for black capitalism — especially in Jackson Ward, once referred to as the Harlem of the South. According to a recent report from Yelp, the online publisher of crowd-sourced business reviews, black business openings in Richmond grew 66% in 2023. Yelp also found that black business openings in Richmond outpace the national black business opening rate of 24% and the national average of 20%.

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Suggestion for King license plate

Re “Proposed King license plate shelved until next year,” Free Press Jan. 10-12 edition: I read where the commemorative license plate plan honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was postponed until next year because only 100 signatures were collected.

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HumanKind’s direct cash funds may soon dry up

Concern is growing over the dwindling money in a family crisis fund that Richmond created to provide direct cash payments.

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City Council approves expansion of real estate tax relief

Elderly and totally disabled homeowners won increased relief from real estate taxes beginning in January 2020.

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Greening project at South Side church designed to reduce pollution

Nearly 50 trees are now growing in a portion of the parking lot of Branch’s Baptist Church, 3400 Broad rock Blvd. in South Side.

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Commanders set training camp dates

How is Eric Bieniemy is fitting in as the new Washington Commanders’ offensive coordinator?

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Area colleges make changes in wake of omicron variant

Virginia State University is moving its spring semester courses online for the first two weeks because of the surge in COVID-19 cases.

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Coffee shop reopens on Brookland Park Blvd.

The Streetcar Café on North Side is back in business under new management. The coffee shop at 10 E. Brookland Park Blvd. turned on the lights and began serving patrons again Dec. 14, two weeks after the previous operators departed.

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VCU nursing school receives $13M for student scholarships

University says ‘funds will help support diversity in health care over the next five years’

Philanthropists Joanne and Bill Conway have given The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing its largest ever gift —$13 million—through its Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF.

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Delegate Bagby hosting virtual lecture Nov. 12 in new role as visiting prof at VUU

Delegate Lamont Bagby, who has since 2015 represented a district in the House of Delegates that includes parts of Richmond and Henrico County, is serving as a visiting professor at Virginia Union University for the current academic year, the university announced on Tuesday.

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Harris team blindsided by Vogue cover

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there’s a problem: The photo of the country’s soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn’t what both sides agreed upon, her team says.

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Rep. Omar, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

A Muslim civil rights organization has called on Fox News to fire host Jeanine Pirro for questioning Rep. Ilhan Omar’s loyalty to the United States in a monologue on her weekend show “Justice with Judge Jeanine” and suggesting the Minnesota Democrat’s decision to wear a hijab is “antithetical” to the U.S. Constitution.

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New Coliseum in the works?

Where would the money come from?

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Political hypocrisy should come with a political price, by David W. Marshall

When serving as then-President Trump’s attorney in 2018, Rudy Giuliani was a guest on the Sunday morning show “Meet the Press.” During the interview with host Chuck Todd, Mr. Giuliani gave a contradictory and confusing comment that explains how supporters of the former president view the subject of truth.

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Standing on sacred ground

Three unarmed black men encountered a group of white men walking down a dirt road in Slocum, Texas, on July 29, 1910. Without warning, and with no reason, the white men opened fire on the black men. And, for two days, white men simply slaughtered black people. Eight deaths have been officially acknowledged, but historians who have studied the Slocum Massacre say that it is likely that dozens more were killed, with some saying as many were killed in Slocum as in Tulsa, Okla, in 1921, and those numbers range into the hundreds.

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June 18: Non-spending day

Letters to the Editor

Could you as an African/Black American refrain from spending money for one day?