Meg Schiffres

The Starbucks on Midlothian Turnpike, across from Chesterfield Towne Center, and on Forest Hill Avenue filed paperwork on Wednesday to begin the process of forming a labor union.

On Wednesday, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners voted to suspend eviction proceedings until their next meeting on Feb. 16 following public outrage over the planned eviction scheduled to begin in mid-February.

Though monuments to the Confederacy have been taken down across Richmond, either by protesters for Black liberation or by the local and state government, remnants of the city’s glorification of the Confederacy still remain.

Once it opens, Project Community will be a gathering space located on a local tea farm in Fulton Hill. Its creators are planning on building a tea house, store and event space on the property for Richmonders to enjoy.

Five Richmond City Council members objected to the resumption of lease enforcements by the city’s housing authority during a meeting last night.

Orlando Carter was shot three times by Richmond police officer Ja’Ontay Wilson on News Year’s Eve of 2020. He survived the shooting but was charged with two felonies.

Despite the omicron variant and spiking COVID-19 cases, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority announced it will resume filing evictions against public housing residents this month. Two prominent Richmond educators are calling on the authority to halt evictions of families with school-age children until June.

If you expect to be hungry or even just lonely on Christmas Day, there’s somewhere in the city of Richmond where you’ll be welcomed with open arms and a hot meal.

About 900 families living in properties run by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority could face eviction if they don’t pay rent or seek rental assistance by January.

Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is proposing tax cuts and changes to Virginia’s taxation system that experts say would severely underfund the commonwealth in education, transportation and social services.