Virginia will become one of the few state-backed registries that collects data on patients with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, in order to improve brain health and caregiving. Annie Rhodes was a doctoral student at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she now teaches, when she first noticed a gap in such collected data — not just in the state, […]
Government
Henrico supervisors approve affordable housing plans in Varina, study of possible second Tuckahoe Creek Park boardwalk
Development proposals took up most of the Henrico Board of Supervisors’ March 12 meeting. First, the board approved a mixed-use complex in Highland Springs that includes a community center/early childhood education center, 22 townhomes, an office building, a playground, and two buildings with 45 apartments. It will sit on seven acres at the intersection of East Washington Street and North […]
Henrico’s Vithoulkas: Census population estimates are wrong
Federal agency suggested a net population gain of just 207 people; county officials estimate more than 5,100Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas pushed back strongly Friday on a U.S. Census Bureau population estimate published Thursday that projected the county had grown by only 207 residents in 2023. The report, published annually by the Census Bureau, ranked Henrico’s estimated population growth as 81st among the 83 Virginia localities that it projected had experienced growth last year. But the […]
‘All Henrico Reads’ author Strayed to visit county March 28
Henrico County’s long-running literary event All Henrico Reads will return Thursday, March 28, with bestselling and award-winning author Cheryl Strayed discussing her 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Strayed will appear at 7 p.m. at the Henrico Sports & Events Center, 11000 Telegraph Road. The event is free and open to the public, with […]
Virginia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 3%
Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January 2024 remained unchanged at 3%, 0.1% below the rate from a year ago, according to data released by the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement March 15. The number of employed residents in Virginia increased by 8,212 to 4,448,520 in January, while the number of unemployed residents rose by 346 to 139,731. […]
Government shutdown settlement includes funds for several Henrico, Metro Richmond projects
Funding for several projects that will impact Henrico County was part of federal legislation that averted a partial government shutdown recently. The $467.5 billion government shutdown settlement will fund federal departments, including the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. It also includes nearly $148 million for Virginia-specific projects secured by Senators Mark Warner […]
Henrico supervisors to hold four-day budget review
The Henrico County Board of Supervisors will conduct a four-day review of the county’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 March 18-21. During the process, the board will hear from agency leaders, who will discuss in more depth their departments’ anticipated budgets and efforts in the coming fiscal year. The meetings are open to the public, but there is no […]
Gov. Youngkin vetoes bills to rejoin voter data-sharing organization
Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently vetoed two bills that would have allowed Virginia to rejoin a national organization that helps maintain voter rolls. The nonpartisan Election Registration Information Center, or ERIC, ensures up-to-date voter rolls and helps voters register when they move, according to Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico. Virginia was a founding member of ERIC in 2012 under the direction of former […]
Va. legislature earmarks $100,000 for review of special education dispute resolution system
The Virginia General Assembly proposed in its budget an outside review of the state’s special education dispute resolution system, through legislation designed to address compliance concerns raised by the federal government and parents. Lawmakers are proposing to direct $100,000 to the Virginia Commission on Youth to hire a consultant to examine the dispute resolution system, which has been criticized for failing […]
Pending Virginia budget would prevent audit of presidential election results
Virginia routinely performs mathematical audits of elections to ensure there were no major malfunctions with ballots or the machines that scan and count them. An audit of the state’s 2020 presidential contest confirmed President Joe Biden’s lopsided victory in Virginia over former President Donald Trump with near-total statistical certainty. But under new language included in the budget passed by the […]