The 2025 BizSense Crystal Ball; A new mayor and city council; Plans for City Center and the Diamond District; and a lot of Dominion land up for grabs.

A Richmond Public Schools program aims to make every child English–Spanish fluent.

We're calling this one A Little Bit Curious, if you must know.

VPM News spoke with Virginians who were students during school segregation, integration.

The Master Plan podcast examines Lewis F. Powell Jr. and Bob McDonnell.

Richmond’s search for its preferred development team for the seemingly stagnant City Center redevelopment project is said to be down to one team and in final negotiations as the slow-moving process enters a third year; VCU Athletics’ new hub near The Diamond took a step closer to becoming reality last week; and a startup that was spun out of MIT is planning to build what it hopes will be the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion power plant in Chesterfield County.

Also, Chuck Pace, who was recently elected to the Albemarle County School Board, died suddenly this week.

The $1.1B proposal would run through Dec. 31, 2027.

Also: Richmond will not select a Coliseum site redeveloper until Danny Avula takes office.

The governor will unveil his budget amendments on Wednesday.

Current CAO Lincoln Saunders announced resignation last week.

A property on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall has sat unused for more than 15 years.

More than 130 residents signed up to speak on either side of the issue during the four-hour public commenting period

The local party arm is set to nominate a candidate later this week.

This was sooner than anticipated. Lincoln Saunders resigned on Sunday.

Residents and elected officials in Henrico County are concerned over a collaboration between Churchill Downs and Rosie’s Gaming Emporium.

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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