Alan Rodriguez Espinoza

Since April, Duron Chavis has been building raised garden beds free of charge through his resiliency gardens project. It's only the latest step in his years-long efforts to increase food access for Black Richmonders.

A man is suing an unnamed police officer and the City of Richmond for $400,000 in damages after officers deployed chemical agents on him through his apartment window in late May.

More than 70% of people detained at an ICE facility in Virginia have tested positive for COVID-19. It's a dramatic spike for a facility that had no confirmed cases in May.

The Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board has approved in a 9-2 vote an emergency temporary standard that will strengthen protections for workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The standard includes the equivalency provision demanded by advocates.

As Confederate statues came down across Richmond, street artwork quickly took their places. Graffiti, signs, and murals tell new stories about the people who live in Richmond, Virginia - and document the historical moment the community is experiencing.

New restrictions might send international students home - even as they continue enrollment at universities in Virginia. Here's what eight schools in the commonwealth are doing.

Una carta al Gobernador Ralph Northam delinea demandas para mejorar la respuesta al impacto desproporcionado del coronavirus en la comunidad latina de Virginia.

Gov. Ralph Northam is facing mounting pressure from advocates and lawmakers to do more to address the disproportionate impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on the state’s Latino residents.

Los inmigrantes indocumentados en Virginia ahora pueden pagar la matrícula estatal en sus universidades, gracias a una ley que tomó efecto el 1 de julio. Para calificar para la matrícula estatal, el estudiante debió haber asistido a una escuela secundaria en Virginia por al menos dos años, y se debió haber graduado de esa escuela después del 2008.

Undocumented immigrants now qualify for in-state college tuition under a new Virginia law that went into effect this week. The student must have attended a Virginia high school, and their household must have filed state income taxes for at least two years.