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GRTC stands to get more money under mayor’s proposed budget

GRTC turns out to be one of the big winners in Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s proposed budget. The mayor is asking Richmond City Council to boost the total GRTC subsidy by about $1.65 million from the current level in a bid to keep the transit company solvent as it prepares for a major overhaul of its routes and to subsidize the new GRTC Pulse or Bus Rapid Transit service.

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Warren Beatty to award Nutzys at The Diamond

The envelope please … In reaction to the recent Academy Award mix-up when the wrong Best Picture winner was announced, the Richmond Flying Squirrels are planning some light-hearted fun.

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Bowie State predicted to become 2018 CIAA football champ

The CIAA has gazed into its crystal ball and sees the Bowie State University Bulldogs as the 2018 football champion.

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Two NSU players with area ties make preseason All-MEAC team

Norfolk State University football will have a strong Richmond influence this fall. Two NSU athletes with area ties have made the preseason All-MEAC team.

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10th Annual Richmond Jazz and Music Festival at Maymont slated for Aug. 8-11

Jill Scott. Stanley Clarke. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. Big Boi. Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective. Cameo. Ledisi. Those are just a few of the performers scheduled for the 10th Annual Richmond Jazz and Music Festival at Maymont.

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Oprah for president?

That’s the buzz since the 63-year-old media mogul stole the show at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night with her speech accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

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Expect the radical left to ‘start tearing down ... America’

Since Nov. 3, I have spoken to many people who voted for the Biden-Harris ticket. They told me they did so hoping a woman of color would be in the White House and/or because they personally hate Donald J. Trump.

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Commonwealth Catholic Charities to lead city’s winter overflow shelter efforts

Homeless people needing shelter in Richmond beginning Friday, Oct. 1, through mid-April will have a place to stay if the private shelters are full during cold weather.

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Wrinkle in removal: City doesn’t own Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill’s statue

The City of Richmond apparently never has owned one of the Confederate monuments it is trying to get rid of, and that could add a new complication to its removal.

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Conservancy buys New Market segment where Black troops attacked Confederates

Another 49-acre parcel of a Civil War battlefield in Eastern Henrico County in which Black troops played a major role is now protected from development.

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Erika E. Wheeler, musician and former outreach coordinator for the Richmond Symphony, dies at 63

Erika Eliza Wheeler combined a passion for music with a penchant for real estate.

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Invest in Richmond’s schoolchildren, not Coliseum

Letters to the Editor

Re “Moving on up or out? Mayor Stoney submits to City Council $1.5B Coliseum replacement and Downtown development plan,” Free Press Aug. 8-10 edition: Richmond is in the process of approving spending $1.5 billion for city infrastructure development, including a new Coliseum and the area around it.

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Liberty University undefeated with QB Malik Willis

Fueled by an abundance of Black talent, Liberty University is exploring new football frontiers.

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Giving sanctuary?

Mayor Stoney stops short of designating Richmond a ‘sanctuary city’

Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney is taking a cautious centrist approach in addressing the uproar over national immigration policy.

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Former political star, who narrowly lost Fla. governor’s race, talks about his public flame out in March

Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost his bid to become Florida’s first Black governor in 2018, told a television interviewer he is bisexual, responding to rumors swirling since March after he was found intoxicated, naked and unconscious in a hotel room with two men, including one who works as a male escort.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Free community testing for COVID-19

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:

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Free community COVID-19 testing continues

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following location:

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Free COVID-19 testing

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Early voting begins April 23 for Democratic primary

Early voting for the June 8 Democratic primary will get underway this Friday, April 23 – 45 days ahead of primary day.