VPM Daily Newscast
VPM's daily newscast contains all your Central Virginia news in just 5 to 10 minutes. Hosted by Benjamin Dolle, Phil Liles, Kim Strother and VPM News staff, episodes are recorded the night before so you can wake up prepared.
Episodes
April 27, 2024 • 5 mins
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.
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April 26, 2024 • 6 mins
Concerns over proposed Chesterfield gas plant; Virginia’s legal relationship with tribes in the commonwealth; a UVA hazing investigation; and industrial menhaden harvesting.
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April 25, 2024 • 6 mins
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.
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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; Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney drops out of governor's race; and other stories
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Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority announces new approach to lease enforcement over outcry over eviction proceedings; Shenandoah Valley point in time count reveals new data; Rep. Don Beyer learns AI; and other stories
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April 22, 2024 • 5 mins
Inside Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a library for patrons.
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April 20, 2024 • 4 mins
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.
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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.
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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
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April 17, 2024 • 5 mins
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.
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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.
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April 15, 2024 • 4 mins
Mpox cases are on the rise in Virginia
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April 13, 2024 • 7 mins
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.
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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.
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April 11, 2024 • 5 mins
Also: An update on those final night of vetoes from Gov. Glenn Youngkin; CCPS Superintendent Mervin Daugherty is retiring; Virginia Tech's tuition is increasing; and Richmond's economic development director is leaving.
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Virginia is one of only a handful of states with a governor who can amend legislation; Tiny earthquake rocks Central Virginia; Orange County investigating fire at James Madison's Montpelier; and other stories
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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.
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An organization that serves unhoused veterans in Richmond will break ground on a new facility this summer.
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April 6, 2024 • 4 mins
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.
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April 5, 2024 • 4 mins
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.
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