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Back in 2018, Richmond launched a Vision Zero program to address its traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries on city streets. Officials created a task force, launched an action plan and unveiled a data dashboard. The goal is to bring the numbers down to zero all by the year 2030 — which is only six years away. Will the city make its goal?

Richmond’s decades-long effort to commemorate its history as the nation’s second-largest slave market reached a milestone Tuesday with the unveiling of a new master plan for the 10-acre project in Shockoe Bottom; Another major mixed-use redevelopment is on the drawing board for Henrico’s west end; A chain of biscuit-focused breakfast restaurants is on the rise locally with plans for a new spot in...

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley made a campaign stop at a West End Henrico hotel Thursday to rally support for her party's nomination; A bill that would protect employee pay if a person needs extended leave to take care of a family member is being sent to the governor for approval; The Commonwealth will not bar localities from setting limits on solar installations this year.

$230 million headed to transit projects in Central Virginia; Tribal consultation bill moves forward in General Assembly; More General Assembly legislation headed to Gov. Youngkin's desk; and other stories.

Protesters delivered a petition calling for work to stop on the Mountain Valley Pipeline to Attorney General Jason Miyares’ office last week; Richmond City Council has appointed its first manager of the citizen police oversight board; On Monday, Richmond City Council passed an ordinance that permits the city to accept several historic African-American cemeteries … including East End, Evergreen, an...

State Senator Ghazala Hashmi hosted a town hall Sunday for Chesterfield County residents to learn more about a proposed Dominion Energy gas plant; Dominion Energy is selling half its interest in the Virginia Beach offshore wind project; Ricmond's finance department plans to complete a review of certain delinquent meals tax bills by July 1st.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro is known as one of the world’s leading teaching hospitals for wildlife medicine. And its president, former Untamed host Ed Clark, will retire next month after more than four decades leading the organization.  WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.

A former Dominion Energy-owned parking lot in the Fan is being eyed for what would be the largest new-construction apartment development the neighborhood’s seen in recent years; An old-timey diner from Lynchburg is touching down in the Devil’s Triangle; and three cousins are now looking to bring their market concept to the Southside to help quell Manchester’s grocery needs.

Hanover County administrators introduced their budget priorities for the upcoming fiscal year; Another mayoral candidate enters the race in Richmond; and other stories

Who's running to be the next mayor of Richmond?; Budget talks in the General Assembly; and other stories

Elegy is open at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts until Sunday; Portsmouth has a message for some equestrians: Hold your horses; The Junior Officer Training Corps is a federal program sponsored by the U.S. Armed Forces in high schools across the country.

The fight over menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay continues to heat up in Virginia

The first phase of Richmond’s multibillion-dollar Diamond District project appears set to get into full swing; The City of Richmond has taken its first regulatory steps to change its tax collection practices that in recent years have plagued restaurant owners; and Lego has tapped a local general contractor to help oversee construction of its massive manufacturing facility in Chesterfield.

This week, Virginia lawmakers passed the Legislature’s halfway point; despite a tense week for Virginia state lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats are showing solidarity with House Speaker Don Scott after a social media attack; a Southwest Virginia congressman will help present an impeachment case of a U.S. Cabinet member.

Our top audio stories today include pieces on statewide fire restrictions, Richmond International Airport upgrades and changes to legislative committees at the General Assembly.

Much like football games, there’s a halftime point in Virginia’s legislature … and it’s called Crossover; A bill protecting women who come to Virginia for an abortion from states where that procedure is illegal passed the Senate on Monday; Richmond City Council is moving forward with a partnership to fight homelessness.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to create a government authority to help relocate two DC pro-sports teams to Northern Virginia; A fiery debate on abortion legislation in the General Assembly; Richmond City Council works to address meals tax issues for businesses; and other stories

Dating While Gray's Laura Stassi chats with VPM's Morning Edition host Phil Liles.

Virginia Union University announced the first step it is taking toward implementing a $500 million campus redevelopment plan over the next 10 years; Proposed changes to state law to address city tax collection issues like the ones that have been plaguing Richmond restaurant owners received a mixed reaction from Virginia legislators Tuesday; Richmond's Planning Commission approved several new proje...

Virginia Democrats are aiming to tighten the rules around how the state changes its voter rolls; Richmond’s new auditor says he’s started reviewing how many restaurants may be behind on meals tax payments; The Virginia Senate unanimously advanced a bill yesterday to remove Richmond from the list of casino-eligible cities.

Hanover County officials are watching several bills proposed by General Assembly legislators in 2024; A Section of Libbie Avenue in Henrico County is poised for an infrastructure upgradeSportfishing and conservation groups continue to push Virginia to ban menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

Some localities have the option to slow deforestation by adopting tree replacement and conservation requirements for construction.

Virginia's General Assembly considering how to set up a retail marketplace for marijuana; How one Richmond restaurant's meals tax bill went fro $10k to $0; and other stories

Several Norfolk families say their children are being robbed, attacked and targeted at school by other students because they are Latino. Some students have left school altogether. Today's feature is from partner station WHRO; Ryan Murphy has their stories.

GRTC is looking at five sites across the city for the home of its future bus transfer station; A legal drama is beginning to unfold between Virginia Repertory Theatre and one of its co-founders; The pandemic’s effect on office space is leading one downtown Richmond office building to a date with the auction block; and Libbie Mill’s original neighborhood market has closed, though its space won’t si...