Major pharma company to invest $54.2 million in upgrades to Richmond facility
Youngkin touted the growth of what he described as a “pharma corridor” between Richmond and Petersburg.
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Virginia Senate committee blocks bill to impose new hiring criteria for Richmond DPU directors
The bill was rejected on an 8-7 vote along party lines.
Jan. 27 Newsletter: On the roads again
Plus, an innovative new approach for bus stops, the urban park ranger program will be reviewed after a shooting, and the death of Richmond's first Black mayor.
Richmond officials want to test a new kind of bus stop. The Planning Commission is skeptical.
Richmond traffic officials are hoping to try out a new type of bus stop where riders would get on and off using a platform built in the street that would also slow down traffic.
A Richmond program that offers parents in need free rides to work is set to expand
Not having a car is more common among Richmonders than people might think.
Richmond to conduct review of urban park ranger shooting on Belle Isle
The ranger was wearing his own ballistic vest at the time.
Henry Marsh, Richmond’s first Black mayor, dies at 91
Marsh became mayor after residents elected the city’s first majority-Black City Council in 1977, putting him in a leadership role at a tense time when Richmond’s mostly white business class feared a loss of control over city government.
