Victoria A. Ifatusin

After initially embracing unions, RPS is proposing a more restrictive collective bargaining process for future deals

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Union leaders are unhappy those changes are being pushed through with limited input, just days before a new round of bargaining meetings is set to begin.

School Board considers a public-facing maintenance tracker to demonstrate progress on facilities

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"I know that – for myself – it’s one of the most common things I hear about from constituents."

RPS continues free vaccine program for middle and high schoolers

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Richmond Public Schools is providing free vaccinations to middle and high school students for a fourth year.

Electrical company ABB will expand production in Henrico

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The company will produce medium voltage uninterruptible power supply systems, which were originally only being manufactured in New Zealand.

Goochland lands $5 billion pharmaceutical plant, its fourth Fortune 500 company

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Ricks said Lilly would take up to five years to complete building the site, but hopes to finish ahead of that timeline.

New enrollment drops among RPS multilingual students

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Just 10 'newcomers' have enrolled into the division as of Aug. 21, down from the total newcomer enrollment of 465 this past school year.

RPS summit with state legislators produces friction over budget requests

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Bagby said he was upset the superintendent referred to the legislators as “folks across the street” while watching the news.