VPM's daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, Phil Liles, Kim Strother and VPM News staff, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
11/1/24 - New legacy admissions rules in place ...
Schools like VMI, UVA and William & Mary aren’t seeing a big shift in the percentage of legacy students who’ve enrolled this fall.
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10/31/24 - U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Vi...
This means the state can keep 1,600 people off the voter rolls who were removed in a process put in place by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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10/30/24 - Powhatan approves $2.7 billion data ...
Virginia is home to the world’s largest data center market.
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10/29/24 - Richmond City Council delays vote on...
Council President Kristen Nye told VPM News the special meeting was canceled due to members’ availability.
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10/28/24 - How will Richmond’s next mayor appro...
Federal and state governments have a lot of power to make climate-related laws and regulations – but that doesn’t mean Richmond’s hands are tied.
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BizSense Beat: October 25, 2024
With a new Leonard at the till, Tom Leonard’s Farmer’s Market is headed for growth mode; The city-owned Intermediate Terminal Warehouse is being primed for new life; Virginia Union University released what it says is its final plan for hundreds of new apartments that now calls for preserving the entire century-old structure that once housed the first black hospital in the city; and a Northern Virginia developer’s plan to build a data center complex on the Hanover-Ashland line has achieved the first of two needed cross-jurisdictional milestones.
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10/25/24 - Ruling expected Friday in federal vo...
Lawyers for the Department of Justice and civic groups faced off with Virginia’s attorneys Thursday in Federal Court.
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10/24/24 - Department of Forensic Science says ...
DNA testing is being expedited in all three.
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10/23/24 - Funeral home founder refutes Tavares...
The Richmond City Council candidate listed it in his campaign paperwork.
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10/22/24 - Tavares Floyd’s past as a lawyer is ...
VPM News was unable to verify the Richmond 6th Council District candidate’s law license.
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10/21/24 - It’s flu vaccine season!
Today's episode features a breaking news update about Richmond campaign finance.
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BizSense Beat: October 18, 2024
Weeks after Richmond’s new baseball stadium scored its naming rights deal, the city’s new riverfront amphitheater has landed a title sponsor of its own; It’s shaping up to be a busy fall for EAT Restaurant Partners; and the former Extreme Pizza storefront near VCU has been snapped up.
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10/18/24 - VMSDEP task force group hears key fi...
The number of Americans caring for a wounded, ill or injured service member or veteran has nearly tripled over the past decade
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10/17/24 - Richmond's newest music venue has an...
Allianz Partners will have the naming rights for the next ten years.
Two members of the board say they won’t certify local election results.
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10/15/24 - The deadline to register to vote in ...
There are only 21 days until Election Day.
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10/14/24 - Unemployment in Virginia increases f...
Plus: Youngkin responds to DOJ lawsuit
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BizSense Beat: October 11, 2024
City Council is mulling proposals that now include a 4-cent tax rebate for all property owners; The Byrd Theatre’s yearslong effort to give moviegoers a more comfortable place to sit is set to ramp up in the coming months; Sugar & Twine has brought back a sit-down cafe experience in a newly expanded space; and other local business stories.
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10/11/24 - New housing project coming to Charlo...
The Vista29 project is set to open sometime in 2026 with support from a Richmond-based nonprofit.
In the last month alone, county public school students have experienced multiple threats.
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10/9/24 - A new federal lawsuit accuses Gov. Gl...
The lawsuit argues that the order violates a federal law that requires a 90 day pause in voter roll maintenance ahead of elections.
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10/08/24 - Virginia hospitals grapple with nati...
PLUS: University of Virginia Health, the region’s only level 1 trauma center, postponed some elective surgeries this week.
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10/7/24 - ‘Guns to Gardens’ project reaches Ham...
“Hampton Roads is no stranger to gun violence.”
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BizSense Beat: October 4, 2024
A potential legal battle appears to be brewing between VCU Health and the City of Richmond over real estate tax payments stemming from a failed downtown development; It looks like the show will go on after all for Virginia Repertory Theatre; and one of the region’s biggest restaurant groups is going back for seconds in Hanover.
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10/4/24 - Elections coverage galore!
Candidates for U.S. Senate, Virginia’s 7th Congressional District debate