Richmond collects $5.6 million related to delinquent taxes from short-term rentals
The outstanding payments, which include interest and penalties, date back to July 2023, when the City Council extended a hotel tax to short-term rentals.
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City agrees to forgive first wave of tickets for parking in bike lane buffers
Parking in the bike lane itself remains a violation and will continue to be ticketed in May.
Citing disruption, Richmond School Board will consider no longer allowing voting at schools
“Learning gets impacted because we don’t meet.”
Richmond judges take legal action against city government over courthouse conditions
The show cause order — which is essentially the judicial branch suing the local government — could create a major new money problem for city officials just as they’re celebrating the end of a relatively drama-free budget season.
7 takeaways from Richmond’s FY27 budget process
The new budget — which avoids layoffs and major service cuts but has few major new initiatives or programs — will take effect July 1.
Ahead of final budget vote, Council members praise overhauled process
Budget season is set to finish Monday night, when the Council will hold the last of several public hearings and a final vote.
City officials republish some financial data after FOIA request from The Richmonder
Officials complied with the payment register law for about four years, but stopped publishing new data in 2019.
