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Council budget amendments aim to block Avula’s severance proposal, boost funding for schools

A majority of the Richmond City Council is opposed to Mayor Danny Avula’s proposal to allow more generous severance payouts to high-level City Hall officials.

Council budget amendments aim to block Avula’s severance proposal, boost funding for schools

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.

Richmond will pay $549K to settle former FOIA officer's lawsuit

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.

RPS has designed a new Woodville Elementary, but there’s still not enough money to start the project

Mechanicsville claims 4-3 baseball win over New Kent

"It might have looked easy for a few innings, but it was not."

Mechanicsville claims 4-3 baseball win over New Kent

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.”

Shockoe Institute opens, confronting Richmond’s history and role in slavery

An early look at crime in 2026: violent crime down, burglaries of shuttered vape shops and a lot of traffic tickets

The drop in murders is particularly significant given that over the past 10 years, Richmond has averaged 14 homicides in the first quarter of the year.

An early look at crime in 2026: violent crime down, burglaries of shuttered vape shops and a lot of traffic tickets