RPS has designed a new Woodville Elementary, but there’s still not enough money to start the project
The funding shortfall has loomed over the project for years, casting doubt among school officials about whether it will ever happen.
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Council budget amendments aim to block Avula’s severance proposal, boost funding for schools
A majority of the Richmond City Council is opposed to Mayor Danny Avula’s proposal to allow more generous severance payouts to high-level City Hall officials.
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Richmond will pay $549K to settle former FOIA officer's lawsuit
Odie Donald II said the settlement is “in no way an admission of wrongdoing” but said it is in the city's interest to settle.
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Shockoe Institute opens, confronting Richmond’s history and role in slavery
“It is only in the telling of our whole story, not as we wish it to be, but as it was, that our future can be made better than our past.”
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Freeman-Godwin rivalry delivers baseball thriller
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City Government
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Council budget amendments aim to block Avula’s severance proposal, boost funding for schools
A majority of the Richmond City Council is opposed to Mayor Danny Avula’s proposal to allow more generous severance payouts to high-level City Hall officials.
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Education
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RPS has designed a new Woodville Elementary, but there’s still not enough money to start the project
The funding shortfall has loomed over the project for years, casting doubt among school officials about whether it will ever happen.
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Features
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A Tale of Two Richmonds: Exploring the River City’s namesake in England
The Richmond in England inspired the Richmond in Virginia.
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Local News
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Shockoe Institute opens, confronting Richmond’s history and role in slavery
“It is only in the telling of our whole story, not as we wish it to be, but as it was, that our future can be made better than our past.”
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Newsletter
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April 10 Newsletter: Shockoe Institute opens
Plus, violent crime is down citywide, beer prices at CarMax Park, the Richmond ToolBank is waiving its borrowing fees, and Communities in Schools names a new CEO.
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Sports
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Freeman-Godwin rivalry delivers baseball thriller
What else would you have expected when Douglas Freeman and Mills Godwin met Friday for another exciting episode in their decades-long baseball rivalry?
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