VPM Daily Newscast: Aug. 13, 2024
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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of Aug. 13, 2024:
Supply drive fills 35,000 backpacks for Richmond-area students
Reported by VPM News’ Adrienne Hoar McGibbon
Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus Timmy Nguyen organized the first Ultimate Backpack Supply Drive in 2017 to provide free supplies to Richmond Public Schools students. In seven years, more than 112,000 students across the Richmond area have been helped through the drive, and it’s become the largest school supply drive in the country.
Marijuana justice could be a step toward reparations in Virginia
Reported by Next City’s Barry Greene Jr.
As the movements for Black reparations and cannabis justice slowly gain ground nationally, advocates in Virginia say it’s high time for the commonwealth to begin addressing the historic harms inflicted on Black and brown communities through marijuana criminalization.
In other news:
- After a year of budget cuts, VCU loses 76 jobs (Richmond Times-Dispatch)*
- Richmond is issuing fewer housing permits in 2024 (Axios Richmond)
In case you missed it:
- Charlottesville businesses call on city to round up homeless (The Daily Progress)*
- Third person to die from listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meat is from Eastern Virginia (The Virginian-Pilot)*
*This outlet utilizes a paywall.
