Norfolk denies media requests to discuss redevelopment project
The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that city attorney Bernard Pisko has advised officials not to take questions from reporters “in light of pending litigation.” Author: Associated Press Updated: 5:53 PM EST February 2, 2021
NORFOLK, Va.
Author s note: the above video is on file from August, 2020.
Officials in the Virginia city of Norfolk have said they will no longer talk to the media about a project that will demolish about 1,700 public housing units and force the relocation of thousands of residents.
The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that city attorney Bernard Pisko has advised officials not to take questions from reporters “in light of pending litigation.”
A higher education watchdog evaluated the public colleges in Virginia based on the accountability and transparency of their governing boards during the pandemic. Five schools received failing grades.
The Virginia Capitol building on a chilly January morning. (Courthouse News photo / Brad Kutner)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) Virginia Republican legislators are pushing for new transparency requirements in the state’s parole system after the agency tasked with doling out the rare reward for good behavior made several missteps during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
But conversations about the state’s parole system, technically abolished in the ’90s as part of a nationwide tough on crime movement, are being welcomed by those on the left, now in control of the state’s legislative and executive branches, who have long desired changes to the system.