by admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Richmond unemployment rate for June 2016 hit a new record low of 4.6%. Out of a labor pool of 52,900 people, only 2,400 are still looking for jobs. 50,500 are employed. That is the lowest on record and perhaps the lowest in Richmond history except for during WWII....
by admin | Jul 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last night, Police Chief Allwyn Brown wrote: The Communication Center is experiencing a high volume of fireworks calls from neighborhoods across the city, in combination with recurring ShotSpotter activations – numbers that easily far exceed police officer...
by admin | Jul 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Turns out, the guy who invented CyberTran was a classmate of mine at the University of Arkansas. That doesn’t mean I think it’s right to spend Richmond’s scarce monetary resources subsidizing the privately-owned company’s public relations efforts. Then I get bashed...
by admin | Jul 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
As the first shoe to fall from the active Richmond Police Department investigation arising from the “Celeste Guap” scandal, Police Chief Allwyn Brown announced that he has evaluated the logic of continuing two of the named employees in their current...
by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
For months, various media have delighted in stories about Richmond’s impending budget deficit, anticipating it as a fact around which to build a story rather than simply a challenge that the City had committed to overcome since early 2015. On November 22, 1015, the...
by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
The City of Richmond has partnered with the City of Oakland and several great organizations to host a Boys and Men of Color Career Summit on July 21. During the event, participants will have opportunities to interview with employers, connect to community resources,...
