State budget targets localities in fiscal distress
Motivated by the city of Petersburg’s financial crisis, Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Augusta County) filed a bill, SJ 278, to study the fiscal stress of local governments during the 2017 session. The bill proposed the creation of a joint subcommittee to review local and state tax systems, as well as reforms to promote economic assistance and […]
VCU partners with Richmond Police to combat youth violence and injury
VCU Health is partnering with the Richmond Police Department and other community members to introduce RVA Alternative Pathways, an intervention program to reduce youth violence in the city. The program was launched with a Robins Foundation Community Innovation Grant (CIG), a non-profit working to steer at-risk youth toward success. The announcement comes as the city’s […]
Mumps University: VCU cases follow national trend
VCU students received emails from VCU Health last week reporting two confirmed cases and one suspected case of mumps on campus. Other cases have been reported in the Richmond metro area, and health officials are cautioning students and residents to take precautions. “VCU students need to be aware of the risk of mumps in their […]
VCU gathers to remember slain student Samuel Kwarteng
The VCU community gathered on the campus Commons last Friday to commemorate the life of a peer, 20-year-old senior Samuel Kwarteng, who was shot and killed on the 1200 block of W. Moore Street at 12:28 a.m. last Thursday. “It is with great sadness that I inform the university community of the tragic death this […]
Black minds matter | Activists shed light on consequences of racial fatigue
After the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille, two black men killed by white police officers last summer, 24-year-old VCU senior Brittney Maddox decided she had enough. “When they got publicized back-to-back, I found that I was really tired and exhausted and I had to shut all of my social media off,” […]