Government
The mayor’s political opponents launched an attack campaign Tuesday, releasing bankruptcy filing documents from 2001.
Congress adjourned without funding a jobs program that paid $5 million in wages countywide.
The North Richmond Green Initiative isn’t just about planting seeds. It’s about community, organizers say.
The council passed an ordinance Tuesday allowing three local marijuana dispensaries.
Mayoral and city council candidates appeared before voters Thursday. One dominant theme emerged: the economy.
Honda has begun importing automobiles through the Port of Richmond again, creating more than 200 jobs.
Assistant City Attorney Mary Renfro presented the newest draft of the city’s proposed pot law Tuesday to representatives of neighborhood councils. City Council will vote on the law next week.
Despite pleas from the owners and patrons of Richmond’s medical marijuana dispensaries, the city council decided Monday during a special, closed session to continue with court cases aimed at shutting down the city’s pot clubs. Each of the city’s eight dispensaries have been faced with cease-and-desist orders from city prosecutors, who say that because Richmond doesn’t currently have rules on the books to govern or properly zone pot dispensaries, the shops are operating without permits, and therefore illegally. The city…
City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to undo many of the revisions it made last week to its new medical marijuana ordinance, and also approved a November ballot measure to tax all pot sales.