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Derek Lartaud
Derek Lartaud reports on politics and government for Richmond Confidential. He hopes to examine how government policy and current healthcare practices intersect. Derek has reported on various issues for Connecticut's public radio station, WNPR. He also was a producer for the station's morning talk/news program "Where We Live" while simultaneously pursuing research pursuits in mental illness and juvenile diabetes.
Late last year, Pacific Steel Casting, the country's fourth largest steel foundry, fired 200 workers. The reason: Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a workplace audit...
In the chambers of the City Council, there are rules. There are procedures to be followed – motions, amendments, voting, establishing a quorum. These are...
The City Council voted Tuesday to remove a question about criminal convictions from city employment applications, saying the yes/no “box” was an onerous requirement for...
Aboard the only surviving cargo ship produced in Richmond’s Kaiser Shipyards during WWII, the community gathered on Veterans Day to celebrate those that served their country....
In the food packaging business, polystyrene has become a four-letter word, but the food industry simply doesn’t have a cost-effective, eco-friendly answer to the plastic...
A local housing attorney painted a disheartening picture of racial discrimination in Richmond at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, making a case that potential African...
The slow crawl of representative democracy was on full display Tuesday as the City Council debated a Personnel Board election held earlier in the month,...
Ryan Wartena has designed what he calls an energy computer, although he routinely refers to it by different names — home micro utility, demand response...
The City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday to allow an increase in the number of medical marijuana collectives operating in Richmond from three to four. Councilmember...
North Richmond’s share of landfill mitigation funding for 2012-2013 is likely to be doled out in proportions roughly similar to previous years, the mitigation committee...
The City Council narrowly failed to pass an ordinance Tuesday that would have required the three medical marijuana collectives in Richmond to purchase their marijuana...
