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TRS Staff - January 29, 2019

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With Livestock Designation, Virginia’s Alpacas To Receive More Legal Protections

After three alpacas were attacked and injured last October in James City County, Virginia, lawmakers in Richmond are set to classify the animals as livestock, granting them legal protections they did not have before.

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Alex Lemieux - January 29, 2019

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Former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Endorses Garrison Coward’s Campaign For The Virginia House of Delegates

“Garrison will fight for improved education, safer communities and lower taxes. We need his conservative voice representing our values in Richmond,” former GOP congressman and majority leader Eric Cantor said.

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TRS Staff - January 19, 2019

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Virginia Could Join Growing Number Of States Raising Tobacco-Buying Age To 21

The bipartisan, bicameral bill from Virginia lawmakers would increase the minimum age for those prohibited from “purchasing or possessing tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products.”

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TRS Staff - September 28, 2018

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Richmond City Councilor Introduces Resolution To Request General Assembly To Grant Authority For Localities To Remove Confederate Statues

Ever since the violent Charlottesville rally one year ago, some localities around Virginia dotted with Confederate monuments have been working to pass measures that will have the General Assembly, in a Dillon Rule state, grant localities the authority the remove state-controlled statues.

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Alex Lemieux - August 21, 2018

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Electric Scooter Company Bird Ride Shunned By Richmond After Disruptive Start

Bird Ride, an app-based, electric scooter ride-sharing platform, had a disruptive beginning to their presence in Richmond; a presence that had government officials combing the city to confiscate the “unsanctioned” contraband.

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Alex Lemieux - August 15, 2018

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Richmond’s Bus Rapid Transit System: Gentrification On Wheels

Without going on for a fortnight, Richmond’s mass transit overhaul, the Bus Rapid Transit system, has a few interesting issues.

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Alex Lemieux - 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.