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Stakes high for Tuesday’s General Assembly races

The future direction of Virginia will be on the line when voters in Richmond and across the state go to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 5, to elect a new legislature.

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Navy Hill ship sinking?

Scrutiny of Coliseum replacement plan reveals major gaps

The grand plan Mayor Levar M. Stoney is pushing to replace the Richmond Coliseum with $1.5 billion in new Downtown development does not appear to include enough affordable housing to meet a City Council requirement.

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Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon L. Taylor faces challenge by C. Owen Inge Conway

One of the standout local races is the contest for Henrico commonwealth’s attorney, where the winner is certain to be a woman.

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Court-ordered RRHA evictions raising alarms in Creighton Court

The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has quietly stopped leasing apartments in the Creighton Court public housing community in the East End that is earmarked for future redevelopment.

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City shelter didn't open in last week's cold

City Hall never opened its homeless shelter last week even as temperatures plunged below 40 degrees for the first time this fall.

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Judge rules against Coliseum referendum

Any lingering hopes that a referendum to allow Richmond voters to weigh in on the Coliseum replacement project have been swept away by Judge Joi Jeter Taylor, chief judge of the Richmond Circuit Court.

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Home testing encouraged to eliminate lead paint hazard

Richmond has eliminated the lead paint hazard from 32 homes so far using a $2.3 million federal grant and has 13 more residential units that will be worked on, data show.

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Questions swirl about state NAACP's relationship with Dominion Energy

Is the Virginia State Conference NAACP starting to cozy up to Dominion Energy after more than two years of attacking the utility company’s push to construct a natural gas pipeline?

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Social Security benefits to increase by 1.6% in 2020

Retirees in Richmond and across the country might have a little more money in their pockets come January.

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VCU Health System offers relief to certain patients with overdue bills

The VCU Health System, Virginia Commonwealth University’s medical arm, is taking steps to ease the financial stress on thousands of patients and their families struggling to pay their VCU hospital and doctors’ bills.

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Banks' Coin Laundry in Jackson Ward closes

Banks’ Coin Laundry has closed after more than 80 years in Jackson Ward following the Sept. 19 death of the owner, Arlington R. Banks, 81.

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RPS halts tough absence policy

A new policy requiring Richmond students to be marked absent for the day if they arrive more than 80 minutes after the start of classes without a written excuse is being abandoned.

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Policy Pathways to host Fall Celebration and Fundraiser Oct. 24

Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn and five students will be honored next week at the debut of a new nonprofit organized to enable young people of color to understand and become involved in shaping public policy.

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City awarded $20,000 grant for new financial literacy program

A national group plans to assist Richmond City Treasurer Nichole Richardson Armstead and City Hall in creating a center to provide professional one-on-one financial counseling to low- and moderate-income city residents, it was announced Wednesday.

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City Council approves use of Giles Center for winter overflow shelter

Homeless people once again will find shelter on bitter cold days at the Annie Giles Community Resource Center in Shockoe Valley, if they can get there.

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Mayor Stoney throws over Columbus to proclaim Oct. 14 Indigenous Peoples' Day

Richmond has long refused to recognize the annual federal Columbus Day holiday that will fall on Monday, Oct. 14, to remember the European explorer Christopher Columbus who “discovered” America.

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$15M repaving effort underway in city

Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

The promised extra money is starting to flow into repaving streets across the city.

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In city, state money for street maintenance used for more than streets

Every year, Richmond receives about $28 million from the state for street maintenance. But it turns out virtually all of that money goes to maintain everything about a street but the asphalt, according to Bobby Vincent, director of the city Department of Public Works.

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City Council works on plan to divvy up $17M surplus

Retired city employees are virtually guaranteed to gain the first cost-of-living increase in their pensions in at least a decade.

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Carver Elementary students get new footwear

Carver Elementary School in Richmond had a banner day on Sept. 19. A cadre of businessmen surprised an assembly of the school’s 80 third-graders with new sneakers.