Albemarle County says it is no longer obligated to respond to public records requests within a given timeline. The Board of Supervisors “extended indefinitely” the state-mandated deadlines for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move is alarming to watchdog groups that advocate for open government. “They are […]
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.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, How we learn
The Supreme Court stopped Trump from ending DACA, but local immigrants say they’re still not safe
In the days after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump cannot abolish the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Monse Monroy-Florez began frantically searching for information. The Charlottesville teen hoped the ruling meant that she could finally apply for the program that allows people like her — who were brought to the United […]
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Snook: Police Department a ‘black box;’ council can’t discuss ‘defunding’ until more known about structure, budget
As activists call for police department defunding, Charlottesville city leaders say they don’t have enough information about the Charlottesville Police Department’s structure or budget to even begin having that conversation here. “My problem as a councilor right now is that the police department is kind of like a black box to us,” Councilor Lloyd Snook […]
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UVa. announces plans for fall semester
*This is a developing story and the website will be updated. Rising fourth-year student Rohan Taneja is a computer science major with many of his courses being lectures or large sizes —two types of classes that will be held online, rather than in-person, this coming semester at the University of Virginia. On Wednesday, UVA made […]
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Los Latinos representan el 25 por ciento de todos los casos de COVID-19 en el área de Charlottesville
Unas semanas después de llegar la pandemia del coronavirus, Nelly empezó a sentir que no podía respirar. Read this story in English. La emigrante de México, quien vive en Charlottesville, empezaba a entrar en pánico y llamó un doctor que conocía. “Le dije que estaba sintiendo esto” dijo Nelly. “El me dijo, primero tranquilícese, todo […]
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Latino residents account for 25 percent of all COVID-19 cases in Charlottesville area
A few weeks into the coronavirus pandemic, Nelly began to feel like she couldn’t breathe. The Mexican immigrant living in Charlottesville began to panic. She called a doctor she knew. “I told him, I’m feeling this,” Nelly said in Spanish. “He told me, ‘First, calm down. Everything will be OK. Isolate yourself, please. Don’t go […]
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Demonstrators, medical workers mull COVID-19 and protests
Related Articles: In wake of George Floyd killing in Minnesota, Charlottesville protesters decry police brutality UVA considers hybrid online, in-person fall semester; full details to come next month Businesses operate on good faith amidst Northam’s mask mandate Katrina Turner acknowledged that there’s a pandemic, but said that Black and brown people have been in a […]
