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Tuesday’s primary elections feature Dance-Morrissey contest

Voters on the east side of Richmond will play a big role next week in what has become one of the state’s hottest primary contests.

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2 area primaries for House of Delegates will be among races to watch

The battle for control of the 100-member Virginia House of Delegates will start to heat up next week as voters go to the polls in 19 party primaries to choose nominees to run in November.

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3 Democrats seeking the party’s nod for open Henrico County sheriff’s position

Three Democrats will face off in the Tuesday, June 11, primary. All three are seeking the party’s nomination in the race to succeed Henrico County Sheriff Mike Wade, who announced in February that he will not seek re-election.

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Local talent to shine in “Minerva Times Change,” an original opera

“It’s a dream come true.” That’s how veteran Richmond actor, dancer and performer Keydron Dunn describes his first opportunity to sing opera.

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Energy numbers shed light on RPS spending, savings

Richmond expects to spend $8 million to $10 million to ensure three new schools meet the standard of a national energy conservation program, according to the Joint Construction Team that is overseeing the work.

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GRTC sees rise in riders purchasing passes

GRTC is carrying more people but taking in less money at the farebox.

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Goldman wins FOIA suit against city

Retired Richmond Circuit Court Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Wednesday ruled that the City of Richmond violated the Freedom of Information Act in failing to release more than 2,600 documents related to a still-secret deal to replace the Richmond Coliseum.

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Local business owners recognized with inaugural Black Wall Street awards

Craig Watson saw opportunity when he couldn’t find any places in Richmond that offered a public venue for poets like him and best friend Dontronn Goode to share their work.

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Dr. Roy A. West, former Richmond mayor, educator, dies at 89

Dr. Roy A. West, a decisive and outspoken man known for his strong opinions and who exercised power at City Hall as mayor while playing an influential role in public education in Richmond, has died.

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Probe into Northam’s blackface scandal ‘inconclusive’

Was Gov. Ralph S. Northam actually one of the people in the racist photo on his Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page in 1984? It’s “inconclusive.”

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Epic fail

At least 280 Richmond Public Schools seniors won’t be graduating in June, RPS officials say

Hundreds of Richmond seniors will not be allowed to graduate in nearly three weeks because they have not met the state standards for a diploma.

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Update on RPS principal replacement

Dr. Sherry Wharton-Cary, principal at Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School, is not among the 10 Richmond principals being replaced, but Rose Ferguson, principal of George Mason Elementary, is.

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Costs for new schools continue to rise

The price tag for the three new schools Richmond is building is continuing to rise.

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GRTC ridership up 17%

More people are using public transit, GRTC reported Tuesday.

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City Council delays action on single-use plastics resolution

Cities across the country and around the world are banning plastic straws, cutlery, bags and other single-use products that are clogging waterways and harming fish, birds, whales and other wildlife.

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City Council approves 2019-20 spending plan, but with flaws

“We made it,” City Council President Cynthia I. Newbille said after the council approved the 2019-20 budget Monday night without discussion.

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Words matter

Renter receives settlement from local landlord following racist, vulgar abuse and discrimination

Winter Whittaker knew what to do when the wealthy white real estate owner called her “a dumb a** n****r” and “a black b***h” after she repeatedly and fruitlessly asked him to fix the leaking roof and other serious problems with the Meadowbridge Road home she rented from him on North Side.

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Richmond food justice corridor gets boost with $250,000 grant

Arthur L. Burton has spent more than three years organizing a food-based approach to uplift the health and economic prospects of poorer sections of Richmond, particularly in and around public housing communities.

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RRHA rolls back plan for Dove Court replacement units

The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority may be pulling back from its promise of providing a replacement unit for each public housing unit it tears down.

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‘She the People’ brings town hall to Richmond on May 18

Aimee Allison wants “purple” Virginia to be an epicenter in elevating the political voice and voting power of black women and other women of color in the November battle by Democrats to win control of the Virginia General Assembly and the presidential election fight in 2020.