HJ 2, which would automatically restore felons’ right to vote, passed the House of Delegates Committee on Privileges and Elections on a party line vote Wednesday.
What’s new: Data centers and more drama among members of the Spotsylvania County School Board.
After passing resolution on data centers, the body then went into closed session to discuss a development in Celebrate Virginia South.
UMW Votes program offered free transportation to students on Election Day.
City teachers, students adjusting to implementation of Responsibility-Centered Discipline policy.
In 2023, Fredericksburg had the fifth-highest total of provisional ballots of any locality in Virginia.
The young and not-so-young experienced civic firsts on Tuesday.
The Director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies and area’s preeminent political scientist, sat down for a conversation over locally-roasted coffee.
A postal picket, a heartening hoops story and emergency bridge repairs highlighted the past week’s headlines.
When state legislators return to Richmond in January to convene the General Assembly, Fredericksburg city officials will be watching.
Workers held informational picket held in opposition to a tentative agreement reached last week between the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and USPS.
The supportive housing project could go before city council for approval as early as next month.
Councilors spar over process, priorities for creation of conservation districts.
If passed, measure would extend property tax exemption to the surviving spouses of service members “killed in the line of duty,” a broader classification.
A lawsuit, a reception and data centers topped headlines in the Free Press this past week.
Report states enrollment has declined 20% over past decade; graduation rates ‘higher than predicted.’
City Council also approved a measure to initiate a public review process related to the proposed Jeremiah Community supportive housing development.
At reception, elementary school namesake feted by local leaders, presidential hopeful Harris.
The Free Press asked debate goers to answer five questions about the candidates’ performance.
Police Chief Layton appeared before City Council to propose putting a pair of grants toward the lease of eight cameras.
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