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.

As Richmond’s departing finance director touts progress, she warns there are still ‘pockets of secrecy and sabotage’

The list of aspirations for the future included a “culture of excellence adhered to by all employees” and the “right people in the right seats.”

Richmond’s new CAO says city needs ‘overhaul’ of some spending policies

“These findings from both audits are concerning enough that we’ve got to make a sea change.”

Richmond taps official from Prince George’s County, Md., as economic development director

The city of Richmond is hiring an official from the D.C. suburbs to serve as its next director of economic development.

Richmond cut a deal to get its inspector general to leave. It’s so secret, officials can’t even say it exists.

The Richmonder filed six follow-up FOIA requests designed to get yes or no answers about the deal’s contents.

Audit of city fuel cards finds at least $44K in ‘questionable’ spending

An internal audit of the city of Richmond’s fuel purchasing cards found lax oversight of how employees were using them.

5 takeaways from the Richmond-Henrico water summit

Rare joint meeting on water issues stirs discussion but no breakthroughs.

‘Room to breathe’: Contract workers want better pay to clean and protect city buildings

The Council’s budget analysts indicated $1.7 million would fund the raises.