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- July 25, 2024
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Controversial Decision: Richmond City Council Sells School To Planned Parenthood For $10

The Richmond City Council is making headlines for unanimously agreeing to sell the former Brook Hill School to the Virginia League of Planned Parenthood (VLPP) for a symbolic $10. The abortion provider plans to demolish the old school and erect a cutting-edge 10,000-square-foot facility. Context and Implications In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision […]

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- March 2, 2019
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Bill Permitting Electric Scooters Zips Out Of General Assembly

After an unorthodox start to their presence in Virginia, the General Assembly establishes rules governing motorized scooters and skateboards.

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- August 13, 2018
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Money Allotted For RPS Maintenance Hidden In Previous Years Surplus

Richmond School Board members and the public at-large were shocked to find that the lack of money allocated for this year’s infrastructure improvements within the school division was bolstered by money taken out of the budget to fix schools in the past and re-branded as “new” money.

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- April 14, 2018
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Richmond’s Proposed Cigarette Tax Fiscally Irresponsible

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Even after the widely unpopular and controversial meals tax increase, the Richmond City Council hits back again with a proposed cigarette tax.

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- April 5, 2018
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Northam Signs Republican Bill For Tax-Free Richmond Schools Modernization

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As Mayor Levar Stoney continues his tax rampage on Richmond, Governor Northam signs the Republican-sponsored legislation for tax-free RPS modernization.

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- March 21, 2018
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Richmond City Council Proposes Budget Cuts To Main Street Station

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The Richmond City Council has forwarded $927,554 worth of budget increases, but also $1.52 million in cuts, mostly from Richmond’s Main Street Station. 

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- March 13, 2018
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Overcrowded Fox Elementary Means Street Trailers In Richmond’s Fan District

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After an “administrative error” by the Richmond School Board, overcrowding at Fox Elementary School leads to trailers in the street in the Fan District.

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- March 13, 2018
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Richmond Councilman Wants Cigarette Tax For RPS Funding

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After Mayor Levar Stoney levied his meals tax on Richmonders, Councilman Parker Agelasto also wants a cigarette tax to fund the RPS rebuild.

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