Explaining Crusade’s support for Roday, former councilor Chuck Richardson says voters should look past race
Black candidates have won every mayoral election held since the city switched to a strong mayor form of government in 2004.
City Government
Council backs right to counsel in evictions, OKs 266-unit development in Swansboro
Declaring evictions without legal representation a “public crisis,” the Richmond City Council voted Monday to back the creation of a program that would give tenants facing eviction a right to legal assistance in the courts.
At early voting event, Kaine and McClellan decline to weigh in on Richmond mayoral race
Kaine said only that the field is made up of “very good candidates.”
Stoney says he'll give an endorsement for mayor. Who wants it?
The outgoing mayor says some candidates have asked for his support. They say they haven't, but some are open to the idea.
Early voting starts today. Here’s how to vote in Richmond
Richmonders can now cast ballots in person at the city’s election office located at 2134 West Laburnum Ave.
Testy council meeting ends with no action on tax rate, at Stoney administration's request
A Richmond City Council committee chose not to take action on a pair of competing proposals on the city’s real estate tax rate Thursday after Mayor Levar Stoney’s administration said it needed more time to study the issue.
At Mayo Bridge meeting, citizens call for two-lane design, protected bike lanes
A VDOT official says the two biggest asks among attendees at a public meeting on the future of the Mayo Bridge were a two-lane bridge and a protected bike lane.
