cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/22740414

Mastodon link: https://dmv.community/@nwbcw/114111806094877863

Original post on IG by @PSLVirginia: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGyCivfx5pO/

Virginia rallies to defend immigrant families!

On Sunday, the community rallied together in Richmond to let >Youngkin know that we will not allow ICE to terrorize our state. We >were able to connect with each other, share our personal stories, and >spread resources.

We won’t allow the ruling class to divide us, distract us, or scare us >into submission. We will continue fighting and we will defend our >community!

City of Richmond previously proposed mediation to resolve the issue

The General Assembly passed a state budget deal that would cancel $56 million in payments the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System agreed to give the city of Richmond for a failed development project.

In 2021, VCU Health sought to develop a $325 million project at the city-owned Public Safety Building, located at 500 N. 10th St. But the project — which would have housed office space, retail and parking — was stopped before construction started.

As a part of the deal, VCU Health agreed to pay the city about $2.5 million annually through 2045. By June 2024, about $2 million had been paid to the city.

State budget language approved in 2024 directed the health system to stop making the payments, leading former city leaders to seek mediation over the deal. In a letter to VCU Health, former Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said the city would consider litigation.

“This issue has been outstanding for a while, and we

If so, please post your latest pictures here. Not just to celebrate Francine as an icon of Richmond, but to also celebrate her potential first post on Lemmy's Richmond server!

I haven't gotten to see Francine since I moved (just ever slightly too far from that Lowe's), so my latest is October, 2022.

Not legalized just decriminalized but the governor seems to plan to legalize it next year.