Sarah Vogelsong

Sarah is a government and energy reporter who has worked in Richmond journalism since 2012, most recently as editor of the Virginia Mercury. She is a William & Mary grad and lives in Highland Park.

Virginia suing driver in 2021 diesel spill crash that closed Richmond interstate for more than 12 hours

The spill closed the southbound lanes of I-95 through Richmond for more than 12 hours.

Richmond youth lag the state on vaccination. School and health officials are pushing to reverse that.

For public health experts, low vaccination rates are a cause for alarm.

Kamras backs off proposal to split costs of health insurance increases with employees

Two unions representing RPS employees publicly criticized the idea, saying it would essentially act as a pay cut and would counteract major investments in salary increases that have occurred in recent years.

At all-day retreat, Richmond’s elected leaders focus on improving trust and transparency

Richmond’s new mayor and new-look City Council huddled together for nearly an entire day Friday for a freewheeling and occasionally frank conversation about how city government can work better.

Expecting a ‘lean year’ ahead, School Board cuts new spending ask from $43M to $30M

RPS projects it will need an additional $16.5 million to fulfill the requirements of collective bargaining agreements.

Richmond Ambulance Authority wants to talk to 911 callers again

The shift is one of “several things that we need to unwind” from Mayor Levar Stoney’s administration, said the head of the RAA.

In lawsuit, public housing residents say RRHA systematically hid rent waiver from poorest tenants

The class-action lawsuit says RRHA has been systematically overcharging its poorest residents by failing to offer them a federally required exemption from paying rent in certain hardship situations.