School threats, early voting turnout, GRTC hacks

• School threats result in closings, increased police presence

• Early voting in Central Virginia starts with high turnout

• GRTC hacked twice in four months

• $1.35M grant to fund more Reconnect Jackson Ward research

• How would Richmond’s 2024 mayoral candidates support Black reparations?

Kaine casts early vote in Richmond

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VPM News

Neither U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine nor U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, who cast early votes Monday at the Richmond Office of Elections, endorsed a candidate in the city's mayoral race.

Read more election coverage from VPM News here.

BizSense Beat: Swansboro apartments, Chesterfield grocery, Hopewell brewery

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Richmond BizSense

BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.

This week, Richmond BizSense reporter Mike Platania joins Benjamin Dolle to discuss a spate of new development plans south of the James River: an apartment complex project in Swansboro, a proposed grocery store in Chesterfield County and a long-planned brewery in Hopewell.

Listen in and read more here.