Richmond, Virginia has decided to study the idea of removing parking minimums to lower the cost of housing and make more efficient use of land in the city.
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Petersburg native Doctor Jewel Bronaugh returned to her hometown yesterday to make her first public appearance as deputy secretary of the USDA. Bronaugh met with farmers of color to talk about loan forgiveness funds from the American Rescue Plan. Patrick Larsen reports.
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Following court-ordered mediation, the Virginia Employment Commission will work to resolve a backlog of pandemic-related jobless claims by Labor Day. As Whittney Evans reports, legal aid groups sued last month on behalf of residents.
Lawyers for Dylann Roof asked a federal appeals court in Richmond yesterday to overturn his conviction. Roof is the White Nationalist who killed nine people at an historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina six years ago. He was sentenced to death in 2017, after being convicted on federal murder and hate crimes charges for the massacre. Roof