Texts show DPU officials believed backup generators were on during early hours of water crisis
The records obtained under FOIA reveal new behind-the-scenes detail of a chaotic day.
Graham Moomaw
Water outage relief fund will start with about $650,000 in city money
City officials have said they’re unclear on the size of the need for financial aid after the water emergency.
Va. Senate blocks bill that would’ve given Richmond millions more in Rosie’s gambling revenue
Under the current system requiring an even split, both localities got $3.7 million from the Richmond Rosie’s, according to data for the most recent budget year.
Virginia Senate committee blocks bill to impose new hiring criteria for Richmond DPU directors
The bill was rejected on an 8-7 vote along party lines.
Richmond officials want to test a new kind of bus stop. The Planning Commission is skeptical.
Richmond traffic officials are hoping to try out a new type of bus stop where riders would get on and off using a platform built in the street that would also slow down traffic.
Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor, dies at 91
Marsh became mayor after residents elected the city’s first majority-Black City Council in 1977, putting him in a leadership role at a tense time when Richmond’s mostly white business class feared a loss of control over city government.
State health officials say Richmond water crisis was ‘completely avoidable’
Questions remain about delayed response to 2022 inspection
More than two weeks after a power outage set off a series of events that crippled Richmond’s water treatment plant, Virginia regulators are putting the city on notice that it may have violated state law and are launching their own investigation
