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Running unopposed, 6th District School Board representative Dr. Shonda Matia Harris-Muhammed will keep the seat for what will be her 2nd full term. Harris-Muhammed was…

After an energetic campaign in an uncontested race, Sarah Abubaker will be the next 4th District representative on City Council. A former president of the…

In an email on Friday, 6th District City Council candidate Tavares Floyd announced a press conference for today, but did not share the address. I…

A fairly useful network of bike lanes has taken shape in South Richmond, to the point where we can now talk about the quality of…

Here is the list of who is in the running for South Richmond City Council and School Board seats. We’ve added links to the candidates’…

City Council’s Monday meeting, the last before the election and with dueling property tax proposals on the agenda, appears to have been cancelled. The published…

Update from Manchester Alliance: CLEAN NEWS!! @venturerichmond has hired contractor, Johnny on the Spot (a Manchester-based business) to perform power washing of all sidewalks –…

A flyer making the rounds of the 8th District claims that Frank Wilson – challenger to incumbent Reva Trammell for the City Council seat –…

A 2-year-long project to reconfigure the Hopkins Road/Harwood Street intersection on Richmond Highway is set to begin this coming Monday. From VDOT: RICHMOND – The…

Samuel B. Parker at the Times-Dispatch is reporting that 6th District City Council Candidate Tavares Floyd’s sister and half-brother are saying that there is no…

City of Richmond Department of Public Works has announced lane closures for Monday, October 21 to Friday, November 8 from 9AM-6PM in the Hickory Hill…

From Sarah Vogelsong at The Richmonder: A Richmond School Board candidate is seeking to have his opponent disqualified from the ballot for only listing the…

The agenda for Monday’s City Council meeting ins’t heavy on items for this side of the river but Reva Trammell’s real estate tax cut takes…

Nicole Jones is a candidate for the 9th District City Council seat. The 9th District (“South Central”) hugs the county line at Chippenham Parkway to…

From Jonathan Spiers at Richmond BizSense: The city would pay property owner Philip Morris USA $5.5 million for the site, where it plans to create…

For more than 150 years, Richmond’s government was a starkly white institution. The different versions of City Council were very white from 1782, and all…

The Fall 2024 issue of the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association’s Forest Hill Flyer has a great intro to the 3 candidates for the 4th District…

The agenda for tonight’s City Council meeting includes 10 items from this side of the river – including the twice continued McDonough Street project: ORD.2024-213…

The 5th District Town Hall is Thursday, September 19 at 6PM at Patrick Henry School of Science & Arts: We will have the new Opioid…

The next City Council 9th District meeting is this Thursday, September 19 at 6:00pm at Pop’s Bingo World (210 Giant Drive). The agenda includes Public…