Graham Moomaw

GRAHAM MOOMAW covers City Hall after previously covering the statehouse for The Virginia Mercury and The Richmond Times-Dispatch. He can be contacted at gmoomaw@richmonder.org.

Government expert Bill Leighty says VCU’s Wilder School fired him after dispute over ‘gotcha’ question for Richmond mayor

“The bottom line is Doug Wilder uses the Wilder School as his perch to throw slings and arrows at people who he thinks don’t agree with him or don’t like what he has to say.”

More than $116M Richmond stands to get in federal funding could be in flux, officials say

“There is a lot going on right now with the federal government. We are trying to keep track of it.”

Another Richmond-area public health official is heading to City Hall

"I have no doubt Amy will build on her experience and thrive in her new role as DCAO for Human Services."

After campaign finance proposal didn’t pass, Richmond delegate says he’ll try again in 2026

In a rare breakthrough on campaign finance policy, the legislature passed a bill this year to ban politicians from spending campaign cash on themselves.

Richmond IG clears former city spokeswoman’s purchases from companies owned by prior business partner

Osuna’s investigation into the transactions concluded Burks didn’t violate any city policies on procurement and conflicts of interest.

As design committee OKs revised Brown’s Island plan, members weigh corporate vibe vs. ‘wildness’

What started as a push to plant more trees on the man-made island has evolved into a bigger project.

After audit found lax oversight of Richmond’s grants to nonprofits, the city will now call them gifts

“We were calling them grants when we really shouldn’t have, honestly.”