Newport News is considering an amendment to the city’s charter that would give voters an avenue to recall City Council members. The City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday for citizens to provide input on the matter, along with other proposed amendments. The hearing will be at the council chambers, at 2400 Washington Ave. Last week, the council discussed legislative ...
When the Richmond City Council returns from its August recess Tuesday, the members will meet privately to discuss police protocols after the city's police chief earlier this summer claimed that authorities had prevented a mass shooting without any conclusive evidence of such a plot.
Portsmouth will honor hip-hop native Missy Elliott with a boulevard named after her in the city’s new entertainment district.
A City Council committee requested more time to discuss an ordinance that would establish an oversight body for the Richmond Police Department.
The City Council voted 7-0 in favor of a resolution that included support for Ukraine, while endorsing all of Roanoke's sister city ties.
A bill that would allow Richmond’s police, firefighters, utility workers, librarians and others to negotiate union contracts is gaining steam …
Broadband, marijuana issues highlighted in work session
Charlottesville ranks as one of the best places in the country to live, but as the year ends, the city can’t find anyone to live in the city and lead it.
The Richmond City Council has approved its redistricting criteria, setting the stage for the decennial map-drawing process over the next few months.
Richmond’s real estate tax rate will remain level next year, but many city property owners will still pay more in taxes because of surging rea…
Robert Jeffrey Jr. is scheduled for trial in March on charges that he embezzled from a nonprofit for which he worked and obtained money from the city of Roanoke Economic Development Authority by false pretenses.
A city manager form of governance would not eliminate the mayor. Instead, the mayor would become part of the Council as an equal voice.
In a close 3-2 vote, Ashland Town Council opted to maintain the current operating hours for the Town Hall at 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday throug…
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and three City Council members whose hopes for partnering with school leaders to replace an ailing South Side high…
The move followed what Mayor Byron Brown described as a “passionate plea” from University Council Member Rasheed N.C. Wyatt in a Facebook post Thursday.
Chesapeake council members unanimously agreed Tuesday to put “In God We Trust” decals on all city vehicles. Council members also voted to spend nearly $1 million to repair a city bridge and gave the thumbs up to build a broadband ring. Staff with the city’s fleet management department will attach the decals over the next several months as vehicles come in for routine maintenance or new ...
Common Council members are holding a public meeting as another vehicle to get feedback from the community for how the city should spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding.
“If there wasn’t a challenge, I would be disappointed,” said Council President Darius G. Pridgen.
As Richmond officials await $160 million in new federal aid, the City Council has requested the mayor’s administration earmark $7.1 million of…
“Our goal has been to eliminate the school zone cameras along with the $50 fines that have affected so many people over the past few months,” University Council Member Rasheed Wyatt said.
How would you explain to Richmond voters where the process currently stands?
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and three City Council members are asking the School Board to reconsider its plans for the school division to mana…
ASHLAND – Voters in the Town of Ashland won’t have to wait another year to decide who will represent them on Ashland Town Council following ac…
Richmond city officials introduced formal plans Monday to decide where the Confederate monuments they took down last summer ultimately will go.
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