With new batch of invoices, city’s costs for FOIA officer lawsuit rise to $633K
A city spokesperson declined to comment on why a large batch of invoices came in just as 2025 ended.
The Bridge
Spanning the city
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Nonprofit helps immigrants settle when they arrive in Richmond
ReEstablish Richmond offers all newcomers education, which includes in-person group services to develop skills.
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Avula: Creating housing stock, responsible rezoning are key to stabilizing market
Avula used the forum to give an endorsement of Richmond’s code refresh initiative to update the city’s 50-year-old zoning rules.
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Data: Richmond is in for a tough budget cycle, but it’s for a good cause
The property-tax gravy train will come to an abrupt halt this year.
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Rev. ‘Tee’ Turner, who spearheaded Richmond’s Slave Trail and worked towards racial reconciliation, died this week
His institutional memory served as a bridge between the Civil Rights struggle and modern times.
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Former DPU director April Bingham sues city for $1M, claiming she was smeared after water crisis
Bingham wants to be reinstated to her old job with back pay.
City Government
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With new batch of invoices, city’s costs for FOIA officer lawsuit rise to $633K
A city spokesperson declined to comment on why a large batch of invoices came in just as 2025 ended.
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Education
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Nonprofit launches program to connect RPS students with HBCU opportunities
The HBCU Bridge program prepares juniors and seniors in high school for life in higher education.
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Features
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Dukes, delegates and duels: How a charcoal ‘warming machine’ witnessed centuries of Virginia history
The stove was described as “a masterpiece not to be equalled in all Europe” and one that “does honour to Great Britain.”
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Local News
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Nonprofit helps immigrants settle when they arrive in Richmond
ReEstablish Richmond offers all newcomers education, which includes in-person group services to develop skills.
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Newsletter
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Jan. 16 Newsletter: The (Real) State of the City
Mayor Danny Avula talks code refresh, housing supply and more. Plus, Greta J. Harris on keeping Richmond's character, Taikein Cooper on the Richmond Ed Fund, and charts and data about the city's finances.
Sports
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Hermitage defeats Cristo Rey in boys basketball with late-game defense
“Defense and run. That’s what we try to do every game.”
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Former VCU star, Wythe alum is rebuilding the RHSA basketball team, which won a nail-biter on Friday
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