Public input is being gathered about the possible expansion of rapid bus service to as far west as Short Pump Town Center.
"My hope starts with the simple fact that I am a Black man who serves as the mayor of Richmond, Virginia – the former capital of the Confederacy," said Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney during a speech at the event.
Even as casinos have gone mainstream, they retain a reputation unsavory enough for voters to reject one in Richmond.
Former local director of National Alliance on Mental Illness charged with embezzling from non-profit
A hearing on the status of Richardson's case was held Thursday in Henrico Circuit Court. A trial date was set for March 9.
“We are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin," Tara Rountree, the Democratic congressman's chief of staff, said in a statement on Monday night.
Congressman Donald McEachin has died at age 61. Read more here.
After a nearly two-year delay, a ceremony for a Chesterfield fire station is being planned for Thursday.
Richmond’s top officials are looking at pay boosts to make sure city employees’ paychecks remain competitive.
Those orange-jacketed “Clean and Safe” workers who regularly patrol the streets of downtown Richmond — cleaning sidewalks, pulling weeds and being a reassuring presence on some 440 blocks — could be headed south of the James River to Manchester.
Eugenicist Walter Plecker, the first registrar of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, sought to erase Virginia Indians out of existence with a bureaucrat’s stroke during the first half of the 20th century.
A group of 22 local congregations that has successfully campaigned for the Richmond City Council to pass affordable housing measures is now urging officials to step in amid a surge in evictions.
Richmond’s planning officials have slashed sometimes months-long delays in granting building permits, city records show.
The Richmond City Council has approved the first in two-step process that will pay property owners a rebate on a portion of next year's real estate tax.
The rebate would amount to 5 cents for every $100 of a property’s assessed value, and would come out of the surplus left at the June 30 end of fiscal year 2022.
Photos, videos and more of Tuesday's midterm election and local races.
Tuesday’s election brought a list of surprises in Virginia and across the U.S.
Chris Coates, executive editor of The Times-Dispatch, and politics columnist Jeff Schapiro discuss the outcome of Tuesday's election.
Rep. Elaine Luria was trailing significantly in her bid for re-election in what was slated to be one of the tightest races for Congress and toughest tests for Democrats like her — the Hampton Roads’ suburban 2nd district.
This is continuing coverage of the midterm elections from The Times-Dispatch newsroom.
Control of both houses of Congress hung in the balance Tuesday, with key elections in several swing states including hotly contested races in Virginia’s 2nd, 7th and 10th congressional districts.
Republican Jennifer McNinch held a razor-thin lead over Democrat Mark Miller in a special election Tuesday to represent the Midlothian magisterial district on the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors until the end of 2023.
The referendum contained four yes or no questions in the areas of schools; recreation and parks; fire station and public safety; and flood prevention and stormwater drainage.
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State election officials on Tuesday reported issues with voter information at polling locations in Richmond, Suffolk and Chesterfield and Nottoway counties.
The $711,389 study comes four years after GRTC opened the $65 million Pulse line from Rocketts Landing to Willow Lawn.
“We’re aiming to put in place some accountability,” Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Executive Director Steven B. Nesmith.
The city still needs to keep making large contributions — more than $50 million a year through 2032 — to make sure its resources are big enough to meet its obligations.
“This has been a cry for the people of Henrico but also a cry for all of the metropolitan area,” said Henrico Supervisor Tommy Branin.
Voters in the Beaverdam District will elect a new representative to the Hanover County Board in a special election Tuesday.