"We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025 Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our Commonwealth over chaos." — Governor-elect, Abigail Spanberger. Cheers erupted throughout The Richmond Convention Center as Abigail Spanberger was officially...
In a discussion featuring political leaders from around the Commonwealth, Richmonders voiced their support for gun control legislation in Virginia. In a roundtable discussion on gun control legislation hosted by Senator Tim Kaine on southside Monday morning, Richmonders voiced their concerns about a lack of attention given to youth and education...
In a Daily Press Op-Ed published on Sunday, Virginia's Attorney General made the case for decriminalizing possession of marijuana. In a move that pleased cannabis advocates and made headlines around the state, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring wrote an op-ed in Sunday's Daily Press calling for the decriminalization of "minor marijuana...
The third installment of a monthly series in which a hometown Richmonder who has spent a decade abroad explores the many different neighborhoods accessible by GRTC bus lines to discover the ways transit connects us all. Jefe Davis: Even the keenest of eyes could fail to notice the nondescript Doric column in the median of Route 1 announcing:...
With "State Of Deception," the Virginia Holocaust Museum offers an unflinching look at the ways propaganda can influence an unwary populace into supporting atrocity. The Virginia Holocaust Museum of Richmond Virginia has welcomed a groundbreaking new exhibit into its halls, presenting its guests with “State of Deception,” which opened on May 1....
Tomorrow's Democratic primary, pitting incumbent Rosalyn Dance against notorious Richmond political figure Joe Morrissey, will likely decide the 16th District's next State Senator. In the past decade, Joe Morrissey has brandished an AK-47 on the floor of the House of Delegates, spent three months in jail after being convicted of sex crimes, and...
As graduation season approaches, over 720 high school seniors enrolled in the city’s public schools this year hope to change the declining trend that is Richmond’s on-time graduation rate. Richmond Public Schools have been under the spotlight after coming in last in on-time graduation rates in the state in 2018 and second to last in 2017. Of the...
This report was commissioned by Northam's alma mater, not the state of Virginia, and we shouldn't be surprised when it serves its client's aims, writes Rich Meagher. Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Ralph Northam’s alma mater, was not able to figure out if Governor Ralph Northam wore blackface in an old yearbook photo. That’s the...
The Virginia Energy Reform Coalition has brought together groups of various political affiliations to push for free-market alternatives to Dominion. With the current divisions between political ideologies in America, the advent of a group like the Virginia Energy Reform Coalition (VERC) can be like a breath of fresh air. VERC is composed of...
Vandals spray-painted 19 swastikas on the walls of the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia last October. A young woman leaving a mosque with her friends in Sterling, Virginia, after nightly prayers in the summer of 2017 was raped and killed. Someone scrawled “F*** God & Allah” across a Farmville mosque in October 2017. Later that...
