- Lawmakers surprised by Spanberger’s veto of higher ed governance bills
- Recent rains aren’t enough to reverse Virginia’s severe drought status
- Background checks on Virginia gun sales halted once again
- Virginia voting applications stuck in limbo for many with felony convictions
- State budget could provide end-run for Virginia’s retail weed
Sylvia’s Sisters gets largest donation in history to fight ‘period poverty’
A Richmond nonprofit dedicated to menstrual health just got its largest donation ever: 200,000 U by Kotex menstrual products. According to the organization, it’s a huge relief for locals who lack access to essential period supplies like pads and tampons.
On a hot Thursday in late May, a freight truck pulled into Sylvia’s Sisters warehouse, where volunteers spent hours unloading and moving boxes of hygiene products.
The donation was four times larger than the period bank’s typical purchased supply and was made possible through the Alliance for Period Supplies.
“The need in Richmond is incredibly great,” said Brittany Averette, executive director of Sylvia’s Sisters. “This donation — in combination with the grants that we have already received — is going to allow us to take some of the menstruators off of our waitlist and to provide more products to more girls — keep more girls in school and more women working.”
BizSense Beat: Diamond District dispute, Fortune 500, Lady Chiller
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, host Lyndon German and BizSense’s Jonathan Spiers discuss a legal dispute over the ongoing confrontation between Richmond Flying Squirrels owner Lou DiBella and Diamond District developers, Richmond’s shrinking footprint on the Fortune 500 list and a new custom ice sculpture service launching in the city.
This week in VPM News Shorts: Virginia remains in drought; voter registrations remain on hold
What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?
On Tuesday, Patrick Larsen helped unpack why a string of rainy days in late May isn’t enough to reverse the state’s severe drought conditions. And on Friday, Dean Mirshahi broke down the situation with Virginia not yet implementing a federal court order that would restore voting rights to many people with felony convictions.
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