The budget deal has $15M to help Richmond demolish the coliseum.
The $20M to fix up the water treatment plant also made the cut.
So did the $50M for the combined sewer overflow project
https://t.co/scN4ZcMPve
TODAY the VA House Privileges & Elections Committee will discuss three Constitutional Amendments:
1️⃣HJ1: Reproductive Freedom
2️⃣HJ2: Voting Rights
3️⃣HJ9: Marriage Equality
You can watch LIVE at 11am here: https://t.co/5kXXQf4NhC
While I know Danny will be an amazing leader for Richmond, I’m reeling overall at the state of the world. Anyone would be in their rights to retreat from the public sector right now. & if that’s you, I hope you rest& find care. You deserve it. But then let’s get to work.
I prosecuted sex predators. Trump is one.
I shut down for-profit scam colleges. He ran one.
I held big banks accountable. He's owned by them.
I'm not just prepared to take on Trump, I'm prepared to beat him.
The security staff at the courthouse told me to “put your phone in the bushes outside” when I dared to travel there without a single occupancy vehicle.
Learned the hard way that the John Marshall Courthouse no longer has lockers out front, despite @CityRichmondVA's website saying they do. The deputy told me to "put it in my car" but guess what? I rode the bus! You know what often happens in this scenario? People miss court!
VA Dept. of Health, Office of Health Equity Director Sandra Serna collaborated with us on our 2024 State of Transit Report to highlight the links between public health and public transit.
"Access to reliable transit is fundamental to achieving health equity."
In these hottest of times, note the walkable areas around our established cooling centers. And remember the walk to reach healthy cooling will be through 100+ degree heat indexes along roads lacking tree cover. Shoutout @jer_science and team for this new look at our heat burdens
First we find that heat-related illness responses are not distributed evenly across Richmond’s population - residents who are male, Black, and 50+ are disproportionately represented in the data, with additional associations with mental health issues and homelessness. 2/
This past session, several pieces of legislation failed that would have made our streets safer. Everyone deserves to be safe while walking or biking in any part of the Commonwealth. So please make time to join us for this event.
It’s been 6 years since Marcus-David Peters was needlessly shot and killed by police. Marcus was unarmed, undressed and suffering a mental health crisis. Virginia still has yet to enact any measure to ensure people are safe from law enforcement when in crisis. #helpnotdeath
Two drivers are responsible for killing a pedestrian who was standing ON THE SIDEWALK and yet the drivers broke no laws?
Richmond’s delegation must do whatever they can to update our criminal code next session to ensure drivers like this face criminal consequences.
NEW: 7 blocks in downtown Houston are going to be permanently transformed into a people-place and pedestrian promenade. From Rusk Street to Allen’s Landing Park.
No trial or pilot. Not seasonal. Permanent.
If Houston can do it, what’s your city’s excuse?
https://t.co/JsUbG7OiII
I’d like clarity on state police, vcu pd, and local pd coordination, planning, and actions. All three were on scene (and may be again)- who made the call to use tear gas? Who decided on riot gear? Which leaders directed this course of action?
Sad to see the @RichmondPolice Department learned nothing from 2020 and the subsequent civil rights lawsuits, including the 1A suit brought by reporters and citizen journalists.
I'm hearing reports of students pepper sprayed by police outside the @VCU library last night, who weren't even at the protest. Did this happen to you? I'd love to hear from you. My cell is 316-617-7403.
Richmond, VA has speed cameras at 2 elementary schools. In the first month, they're cranking out 176 speeding tickets a day.
Cameras are only active during the mornings & afternoons on school days, and they're only snagging people going 11+ over the speed limit.