Richmond Bizsense's Mike Platania speaks to VPM Host Benjamin Dolle about a potential boom in affordable housing in the Richmond area.

Richmond registrar discusses alleged misuse of funds; three JMU dorms without heat on Thursday; a new plan to battle pollution in Virginia; and Dominion Energy Christmas Parade closes portion of West Broad Street.

The move comes after an investigation by the city’s inspector general found evidence of the elections office misusing half a million dollars of taxpayer money.

A special election can’t happen until Congressman-elect John McGuire officially resigns.

The first Indian immigrant to be elected as Richmond’s mayor has a large transition team.

“I could not do it without it. The way the economy is right now, I couldn’t do it.”

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The majority of the claims outlined in the report involve General Registrar Keith Balmer or Deputy General Registrar Jerry Richardson, and detail nearly $500,000 in misused city funds.

The first group of customers are slated to have new service in February.

The dispute between Richmond and VCU Health over tax payments tied to a failed downtown development could be headed to mediation or litigation; A former bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond pleaded guilty to insider trading on Tuesday; and the city’s tallest rooftop bar is shutting down, but its enviable view won’t be off limits for long.

The bipartisan bill would enable the National Park Service to partner with state and local groups to expand recreational access. It’d also require the development of a management plan in the next three years.

The College Attainment for Parent Students program offers an array of support for this group of students, including a $2,000 financial stipend every semester that participants can use for child care or other expenses.

Their overall system demand will likely double as well due to the addition of data centers.

The letter says litigation is possible, if the parties don’t agree on a “path forward.”

At a recent state of the county event, officials discussed housing, education, the environment and infrastructure.

Two years after opening as a massive indoor entertainment facility, The Park RVA is expanding outdoors; A local developer’s assemblage of derelict buildings in the Museum District may finally see the wrecking ball before year’s end; Restaurateurs Jeremy and Sarah Chapman are preparing to open Steampunk Pizza at 10396 Leadbetter Road in Ashland; The regional arm of the Girl Scouts has secured a former bank branch in Henrico for its new local headquarters; and a national thrift store chain is expanding its local presence with its first spot in the city limits.

What difference will that make come January?

The state senator was also the first Indian-American and Hindu elected to the General Assembly

The project is expected to cost $1.4 billion over the next few years.

A collaboration between government agencies and local craftspeople is seeking to change that divert felled trees from landfills.

VCU Health closed on a nearly $10 million purchase of the former Pet Dairy industrial property next door to its planned Athletic Village, and the transformation of a former Museum District prep school into apartments is nearing completion.

93% of voters supported the measure.

Plus: A former Virginia delegate offers some analysis of Tuesday's outcomes.

As of 1:45 a.m., some races had yet to be called in Virginia.