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Author Archives: Jessie Higgins
I'm Charlottesville Tomorrow's managing editor and health and safety reporter. If there’s something you think we should be investigating, please email me at jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org! And you can follow all the work we do by subscribing to our free newsletter! Hablo español, y quiero mantener a la comunidad hispanohablante informada. Si tienes preguntas o información que debo saber, por favor, envíame un correo electrónico a jhiggins@cvilletomorrow.org.
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Boy injured in Monday night shooting that coincided with a power outage
Plus, judge dismisses former police chief Brackney’s discrimination suit.
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Judge dismisses former Charlottesville Police Chief Brackney’s racial discrimination suit
“Our advice to the defendants: Don’t go whistling Dixie yet, because we have only just begun to battle,” said Brackney’s attorney Charles Tucker.
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The battle over abortion rights in Virginia is officially underway
Virginia’s legislative session began this week.
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Charlottesville and Albemarle are now quickly changing the names of their public schools
Did someone forward you this email? Maybe you’re reading it on web? Here’s where you can subscribe for free! Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 Charlottesville and Albemarle County are now swiftly changing the names of local schools — specifically those who were named for people who were central to our racists legacies. In the last two […]
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Charlottesville’s new police chief starts Monday
Plus, the mystery of late UVA graduate student pay.
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UVA has repeatedly failed to pay its graduate students on time — and no one at the university can figure out why
“This doesn’t happen to other employees,” said campus union chair Laura Ornée.
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Judge dismisses one count in Confederate statue lawsuit, but principal allegations remain
Two Confederate legacy groups are suing in an attempt to force Charlottesville to take the Lee statue back from the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.
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Two arrested in Sunday homicide in Belmont
Did someone forward you this email? Get nonprofit, local news in your inbox too — for free! Subscribe here. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 There was another shooting in Charlottesville over the weekend. This one happened Sunday afternoon in Belmont. One person died and another was injured. Police have arrested two people, including the second victim, […]
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Two Charlottesville elementary schools have new names and City Council opens applications for new member
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