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Yes!!!

The voters of Virginia have spoken. And we are jubilant about the message they sent through the ballot box on Tuesday — that they want a more progressive Virginia as envisioned by Democrats.

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Cityscape: Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Booklovers who want to share their love of reading have placed a Little Free Library in their yard in the 1600 block of Laburnum Avenue in North Side.

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Company believes it can attract more than 600,000 patrons to new Coliseum

John Page’s company, Spectra, is betting its management can turn Richmond’s proposed 17,500-seat Coliseum into one of the busiest and most successful entertainment centers in the world, if Richmond City Council approves allocating more than $300 million in taxpayer dollars over 30 years to build it.

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Wilder says VCU panel cleared him in probe; VCU spokesman says that's 'premature'

L. Douglas Wilder has maintained for months that a former Virginia Commonwealth University student made up a story that he made sexual advances toward her and propositioned her to be his mistress nearly three years ago.

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Former Rep. John Conyers, the longest-serving black lawmaker in U.S. House of Representatives, dies at 90

Former Rep. John Conyers, a liberal Democrat who was the longest-serving African- American member of the U.S. House of Representatives at more than half a century, died on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at the age of 90.

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Chicago churches join growing movement of congregations paying off medical debt

This Thanksgiving, 5,888 families in Cook County, Ill., will receive a card with the names of several congregations belonging to different Protestant Christian denominations throughout the city of Chicago and these words: “Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. We want you to know that all your debts have been forgiven.”

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Free Press endorsements for 2019 Virginia elections

Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day.

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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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7 candidates vying for the 5th District City Council seat

When Richmond City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto steps down from his 5th District seat on Nov. 30, one of seven people will step up to take his place in City Hall, the result of a special election that could impact some of the city’s most pressing issues.

Democrat, Republican and independent candidates looking to fill open Henrico sheriff position

Three candidates are vying to be- come Henrico County’s next sheriff, succeeding longtime GOP Sheriff Mike Wade, who is stepping down after serving in the position since January 2000.

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Henrico County Board of Supervisors district elections

Candidates and Q&A's for Henrico Board Of Supervisors

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Henrico’s Varina District poised to elect 1st African-American female to county School Board

The Henrico County School Board is set for a historic new addition with next week’s election — its first African-American female member.

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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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Get out

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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'Girl power' electrifies RPS mentoring program

Fourteen eighth-grade girls came together at Richmond’s Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in a room set up in the round with self-esteem games, prizes, conversation and positive energy as the sounds of Alicia Keys’ “Superwoman” fueled the atmosphere.

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Interfaith group works to repair historic black church

Inside a small Woodside Avenue church set amongst the trees, the oldest African-American congregation in the northern Pioneer Valley has made its home for more than a century.

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VSU loses homecoming game 24-14

Virginia State University’s football Trojans are going from one extreme to another. Coach Reggie Barlow’s squad is licking its wounds from a disheartening 24-14 homecoming loss last Saturday to Bowie State University that has a 7-0 record.

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Jalen Hurts in the running for Heisman Trophy

Jalen Hurts could have sulked, lost spirit and faded away as a college football quarterback. Instead, he has emerged — almost out of thin air — as a Heisman Trophy front-runner.

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'Something in the Water' festival returning to Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach native and music star Pharrell Williams is doing it again.