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Eric Burk - June 3, 2022

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City of Richmond Officials, Casino Developers Threaten Legal Action After General Assembly Blocks 2022 Casino Referendum

The recently-passed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget includes language blocking the City of Richmond from holding another casino referendum until November 2023. Richmond officials have called for a 2022 referendum after voters rejected a casino in 2021, but State Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) is instead pushing for Petersburg to be granted a casino license, and on Thursday afternoon, […]

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Austin Hamblen - May 20, 2022

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Virginia Woman Guilty of Scamming $1.2 Million in Covid-19 Relief Funds

A Richmond woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to swindling Virginia and U.S. out of more than $1 million in COVID relief funds by using victims’ personal information that she obtained through her state government employment, a prosecutor said. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, court documents show that in one scheme, […]

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Austin Hamblen - April 4, 2022

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Court Upholds Conviction of Man Who Shot at Richmond Officers

In 2020, Anthony J. Slayton, was found guilty of shooting at police officers who were patrolling the streets around a public housing complex in Richmond and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Two years later, the Virginia appeals court has upheld the conviction, dismissing his argument the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient […]

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Austin Hamblen - March 29, 2022

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Richmond man Rushed to Hospital after being Bitten by Pet Viper

The Virginia State police rushed anti-venom to VCU Health to use on a man who was bitten by his own pet, an African pit viper, one of the most venomous snakes in the world. The Virginia State Police said in a statement that it helped deliver anti-venom treatment from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science […]

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TRS Staff - December 23, 2021

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Long-Forgotten Contents of Time Capsule Under Lee Statue Revealed

Today, we have a palate cleanser specifically for you history lovers: historians opened a Civil War-era time capsule recovered from the pedestal of the former Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond yesterday. Watch as the contents of which — forgotten for more than 130 years — were shared: NBC12 News reports: The team started their […]

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TRS Staff - December 7, 2021

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Lee Pedestal Going: What’s Next for Richmond’s Monument Avenue?

Today, the City of Richmond will begin removing the last portion of what had become an increasingly contentious statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Only one monument remains on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, honoring a black man: Richmond native and tennis champ Arthur Ashe. Although the vision for what Monument Avenue may become remains incomplete, […]

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TRS Staff - April 5, 2019

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At Least 6,500 Marched On State Capitol Against Democrat’s Late-Term Abortion Bill

Earlier in the day, Democrats held their own pro-abortion rally which had just 60 people in attendance, showing a stark contrast compared to those who came out to support protections for the unborn.

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TRS Staff - April 1, 2019

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Thousands Expected For ‘Virginia March For Life’ Wednesday In Richmond

Pro-life advocates will convene on Bank Street when the General Assembly gets back to business this week to “reject abortion extremism,” and show their disgust of those who supported the highly controversial late-term abortion bill and Governor Ralph Northam’s “infanticide” comments.

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Alex Lemieux - March 18, 2019

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City Of Richmond Denies FOIA Request After Extraordinary Overtime Pay For City Employees

After Henrico and Chesterfield counties released their overtime pay figures via an FOIA request, the City of Richmond refused to do so, even after one DPU employee was paid for almost 1,900 hours of overtime in 2017.