Mayor Dwight Jones will not face public corruption charges
Richmond Commonwealth’s attorney Michael Herring announced last week that Mayor Dwight Jones will not be prosecuted for questionable overlap between city business and the church […]
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Richmond races away from public services
As Richmond hosted approximately 450,000 spectators for the 2015 UCI Road World Championships last week, an early-September report to the city council revealed the city is at its breaking point with the police force understaffed, bulk trash collection pickups slowing down and lagging grass-cutting services.
An empire state of mind
Silver wire fences, heavy machinery and concrete adorn the city blocks. Odd bits of modern and contemporary architecture take root where brick-face real estate once stood. What was once flat terrain becomes tall, both in structure and in power.
The unhealthy state of our city
The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps program ranked the city of Richmond 121st out of 139 counties and cities in Virginia.