Despite its 2021 ballot defeat, the prospect of having a casino in Richmond is far from over. On Monday, Sept. 18, businessmen and community members gathered at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center to discuss the proposed Richmond Grand Casino and Resort, which will be on the ballot as a referendum question this November.
Regardless of the changes made on a state level, current campus policy prohibiting marijuana usage will remain.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s first executive order, signed on Jan. 15, called for ending the use of inherently divisive concepts, including critical race theory, in K-12 public education throughout the state of Virginia.
Richmonders stand divided on the possibility of an Urban ONE casino coming to the Eighth District.
“Public history and monuments are all about who's telling the narrative,” Sen. Jennifer McClellan said regarding the new monument.
Since March 2020, 8,348 total evictions have been filed in Richmond, despite the moratorium, according to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University.
