Richmond’s rezoning allows more development. Should it also require more trees?
At a meeting of Richmond’s Zoning Advisory Council last week, everyone wanted to make one thing clear: They all loved trees.
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As city enacts purchasing card fixes, auditor’s office wins award for review
Mayor Danny Avula’s administration significantly downsized the program after the issues came to light, reducing the number of cards in circulation from 320 to 67.
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Richmonder reporter named state’s best education writer!
The Richmonder was named the “Best Digital Newsletter” in the state on a night where we won 20 awards total!
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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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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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City Government
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As city enacts purchasing card fixes, auditor’s office wins award for review
Mayor Danny Avula’s administration significantly downsized the program after the issues came to light, reducing the number of cards in circulation from 320 to 67.
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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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Richmond’s rezoning allows more development. Should it also require more trees?
At a meeting of Richmond’s Zoning Advisory Council last week, everyone wanted to make one thing clear: They all loved trees.
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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 13 Newsletter: Mandatory trees
RPS has big plans for Woodville Elementary, and a state grant, but risks losing the money if it can't come up with a plan soon. Plus, the city has settled a long-running lawsuit over a FOIA officer.
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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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