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Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney held a press conference Wednesday, in part, to address ongoing questions about purchase card policies. Also: GOP ex-Rep. Denver Riggleman endorses two Democrats, Chesterfield County Public Schools have a new interim superintendent — and more Central Virginia news.

The city’s public works department is working with an engineering firm on a long-term solution. Also: New accessibility tool comes to state parks, Gov. Glenn Youngkin explains Executive Order 35 — and more Central Virginia news.

Also: A bill to rein in campaign contributions sponsored by Delegate David Bulova — a Fairfax Democrat — was spiked during this year's General Assembly session. That means Virginia’s campaign finance laws remain relatively lax compared to other states.

Once a month, Salem Church Middle School in Chesterfield holds student club time during the school day instead of after school. VPM News reporter Megan Pauly visited the crochet and gardening clubs to find out what students are doing with that time.

The new home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels is coming into fuller view via updated renderings recently submitted to the city; The City of Richmond’s onetime manager for its ballpark-anchored Diamond District project is back in the game, but this time on a different team; Mark Motley, who makes his living selling things for others, has just closed a sizable sale of his own; and Henrico's EDA has...

Former Tropical Storm Debby could bring relief to Virginia's farms and forests; Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority enters a “final push” to get tenants who owe back rent to sign up for repayment agreements; Ultimate Backpack Supply Drive hits seventh year; and other stories

Virginia Department of Education finishes cell phone town halls in Chesterfield; National Park Service adds Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia to list of National Civil Rights Sites; and other stories

Also: Several RPS bus drivers are still negotiating contracts with the school division, Virginia students are still awaiting their federal financial aid details — and more local news.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, some of those glitches won’t be resolved before students start classes this fall . It’s a problem that has complicated the lives of students and parents, school counselors, and college administrators for months.

Also: Richmond finance department employees had their desks searched last week.

One of the busiest developers in Scott’s Addition just got the green light for its latest project in the neighborhood; VCU Health is looking to move a proposed outpatient medical center out of the Courthouse Landing development to a site nearby; A mainstay Carytown retailer moved elsewhere within the neighborhood; and a Fan restaurant space is trading pizza for matzoh balls.

Also: Strata Clean Energy hit a roadblock in building its 1,400 acre solar farm in Hanover after the county’s planning commission declined to recommend the project.

The food brand is adding another 7 million pounds of food to its recall for listeria concerns. Also: It’s a bunch of 2024 Paris Olympics updates about Virginia athletes.

The City of Richmond is finalizing guidelines to reduce the environmental impact of its buildings; Richmond mayoral candidate Michelle Mosby wrote an email to City Council advocating for more funding for the Help Me Help You Foundation; The latest on a local Olympian's journey in Paris; and other stories

Resignations shake up Hanover schools leadership; Virginia’s Olympians on the move; and other stories

Food and cooking can provide us with connections to the past, and old family recipes help pass traditions between generations. Eugene Maurakis, the former chief scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia, revisits his childhood by sharing his family’s old Greek recipes. Now, he’s compiled them in a cookbook called “Foods are Memories.”

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Developers of Richmond’s Diamond District project have been thrown a legal curveball from one of their former partners in the form of a $40 million lawsuit; As work starts on a new gateway sign for Carytown, an effort to explore a potential assessment district to fund improvements in the corridor has secured the support of Richmond City Council; and two restaurateurs – one whose experience is in t...

Also: A Blacksburg town councilor has been arrested on election fraud charges, the national Climate Corps is coming to Southwest Virginia, 15 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics hail from the commonwealth and more local news.

A company previously involved in the Diamond District project has filed a 40 million dollar lawsuit against its former partners in Richmond Circuit Court; Richmond officials say the East End Festival will return this fall for its sixth celebration of music and arts; Hanover County’s School Board has appointed an interim superintendent following Michael Gill’s resignation; Virginia’s Reproductive r...

Also: Richmond City Council unanimously voted Monday/yesterday to transfer land to The Virginia League for Planned Parenthood.

Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance held a rally in Radford on Monday; EPA proposes new protections for workers at the Chesterfield DuPont Spruance plant; a proposed Goochland quarry expansion could impact Henrico residents; and other stories

Also: President Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race.

County and state legislators are discussing concerns over a planned gambling establishment in Henrico County.

Also: It Will be Done, A solo exhibition by local artist Bukuru Nyandwi opens Friday at Quirk Gallery in Richmond’s Arts District.