Economy

Fun, slow-cooked conversations about business, policy, media & tech, culture and more. This week: Michael Schwartz, editor at Richmond BizSense, talks with host Roben Farzad about media outlets, Navy Hill, the Richmond food scene, and more.

*Intern Patrick Larson also contributed to this story.Workers and union leaders gathered on Capitol Square Tuesday morning to call for a state minimum…

As the General Assembly prepares to debate multiple proposals to raise Virginia’s minimum wage, one gambling company is already taking matters into their own hands.

Chesterfield’s Planning Commission denied a rezoning request Tuesday that would create a new “walkable” downtown off Route 288 -- at the corners of Iron Bridge and Courthouse Roads.

Gov. Ralph Northam unveiled what he called one of the most progressive budgets in the state’s history on Monday, with $2.7 billion in new spending in education, health care, and the environment.

A new study from the nonprofit Legal Aid Justice Center suggests the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) is doing very little to help workers recover unpaid wages from employers.

A report released yesterday from Virginia Commonwealth University says America’s workforce is dying off faster than any other wealthy country in the world. Despite massive expenditures in health care, the overall life expectancy in the United States is down for the last three consecutive years.

Stoney has proposed using a financing structure called tax increment financing. It would draw on new tax and private development in downtown to pay for a new Richmond Coliseum.

Mayor Levar Stoney is hosting town halls on the proposed redevelopment of the Richmond Coliseum.

The City of Richmond has a new incentive for property owners wanting to make energy-efficient upgrades. City Council voted to let residents to sign up for what’s called the C-PACE program at its meeting Tuesday night.