This week, an in-depth look at city property assessments. How they're done, how they've risen, and what residents can do to appeal them.

Concerns over proposed Chesterfield gas plant; Virginia’s legal relationship with tribes in the commonwealth; a UVA hazing investigation; and industrial menhaden harvesting.

Lego is donating money to help plant more than one thousand native trees at Chesterfield parks; Henrico to contribute to Richmond initiative for the unhoused; Hanover to begin work on its portion of the Fall Line Trail; and the city of Richmond offers Co-Star additional incentives.

Admissible: Shreds of Evidence leads to a state-mandated review of all of the criminal cases where evidence was examined by former lab analyst Mary Jane Burton; and other stories

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Inside Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a library for patrons.

Richmond’s Economic Development Authority is stepping back up to the plate with more funding for the stadium’s design; City administrators are looking to move forward with demolishing the dilapidated Richmond Coliseum; and Legend Brewing Co. is attracting suitors for more than just its real estate holdings.

Henrico County will begin construction on a one point five million-dollar dam and walking trail near Three Lakes Park; A handful of road closures and parking restrictions ahead of the Ukrops Monument Avenue 10K this weekend have been announced; Richmond mayoral candidates competing in the November election posted campaign finance reports earlier this week.

Virginia's House of Delegates votes to keep budget instead of sending it to Governor Youngkin; GRTC to get $70 million in funding; the City of Richmond to get $10k grant for training birth doulas; and other stories

This weekend, Joanna Lee was named Richmond’s newest poet laureate during the second annual Richmond Poetry Fest; Powhatan State Park is hosting a free monthly nighttime walk to experience owl calls starting this Thursday , and it runs through October; The Environmental Protection Agency issued an air quality permit for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project this month.

Legislation going back to the General Assembly this week could help pave the way for small modular nuclear reactors in Virginia; Fourth District Richmond School Board Member Jonathan Young has stepped down after serving on the panel since 2016; Clothing creators, jewelry makers and models are on tap to celebrate Richmond Fashion Week starting Monday, April 22nd.

Mpox cases are on the rise in Virginia

Administrators’ pitch to change the city’s approach to financing its massive Diamond District development appeared to land receptively with Richmond City Council; an Atlanta-based development firm is seeking Chesterfield County’s approval to tweak a development project in Midlothian; KavaClub looks to finally be on its way to selling its namesake drink; and a West End church is getting ready to go on the move.

Governor Glenn Youngkin this week signed legislation barring Virginia public colleges from withholding students’ transcripts in certain situations; In 2020, two school names that referenced the Confederacy in Shenandoah County were changed; The Hanover County School Board recently introduced a revision to a policy that would allow books to be more easily banned from school libraries.

Though the rule is not a federal law, it will apply to freight trains on U.S. railways.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin offered more than 200 amendments to the General Assembly’s budget proposal; Charlottesville City Council pushed back the date of its vote on the city’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget to April 15th; Governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed several abortion-related bills this session.

An organization that serves unhoused veterans in Richmond will break ground on a new facility this summer.

The planned redevelopment of an entire block of Scott’s Addition could be on ice for the next 16 years after a recent court ruling.

Every seat on Richmond City Council will be on the ballot in November; A chemical manufacturing plant in Hopewell is aiming to renew a federal air pollution permit; State and federal officials say Nexus Services promised to secure immigrants’ release on bond but concealed and misrepresented the true nature and costs of its services.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed legislation that states Richmond's Southside won't get a casino; Imagination Library to expand statewide in Virginia; Henrico County to get $10 million grant; and other stories

Construction is underway in Richmond to reduce overflows of sewage into the James River; FeedMore's longtime base of operations in Northside Richmond could soon be replaced with condos; Senator Tim Kaine says Virginia’s congressional delegation is watching reforms aimed at the U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Sandston.

The 100-plus wildfires that were burning in Virginia last week have all been contained, according to the Department of Forestry; Mayor Levar Stoney has proposed recharging the Neighborhood Climate Resilience Grant program in his latest budget proposal;v Richmond’s Commonwealth’s Attorney has a message for residents: Please don’t send sensitive mail in blue US Postal Service mailboxes.

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Legend Brewing Co. has put its Manchester real estate up for sale, leaving the future of Richmond’s oldest brewery up in the air; The new design team that’s now driving the Diamond District ballpark has provided the City of Richmond with a first look of the stadium that would replace The Diamond; and the Richmond Kickers are looking to spruce up their stadium.