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Category: Government and public institutions

Our coverage prioritizes how our community can engage with government, nonprofits and public institutions that we entrust (and often pay) to lead us. We don’t just report what they say, we investigate what they do.

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Trial date set for lawsuit over the final disposition of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue

by Erin O'Hare October 12, 2022November 8, 2022

Judge ordered the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center to reveal the statue’s location to the plaintiffs.

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Albemarle early voting is happening at the County Office Building — not Mailbox Express

by Jessie Higgins October 5, 2022November 8, 2022

The Virginia Department of Elections listed the incorrect address in its most recent notice to voters.

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A $300 million Charlottesville foundation seeks community advisors to decide its grants

by Angilee Shah September 30, 2022November 8, 2022

The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation wants community input on how it invests its money.

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Posted inHow we learn

The public has 30 days to comment on Youngkin’s new transgender student policies and Charlottesville teachers and parents are weighing in

by Jessie Higgins September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

“The instability is what’s really so difficult to navigate,” said a Charlottesville mother of a non-binary child. “How much danger are we going to be in? How much are our lives about to change?”

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Free Remote Area Medical clinic in Fishersville needs volunteer optometrists and interpreters

by Jessie Higgins September 26, 2022November 8, 2022

The free RAM clinic will run Nov. 19 and 20 and offer medical, dental and vision care at no cost.

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Candidate wants diversity on Louisa County’s all-white school board

A woman in a brown moto jacket and short hair smiles at camera by Courteney Stuart September 23, 2022December 9, 2022

About 30% of the county’s students aren’t white, but the school board has been all white since 2014.

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With just six bus drivers, more than 3,000 Charlottesville City Schools children are making their own ways to school this year

by Tamica Jean-Charles August 29, 2022September 9, 2022

“A lot of parents are freaking out right now,” said Noelle Dwyer.

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Eviction filings soar as rent relief program winds down

by Erin O'Hare August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

More than 100 people crammed into the Albemarle County courthouse Thursday for yet another marathon day of eviction hearings.

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Public housing resident speaks about new youth program — ‘We have to show them that those dreams are possible’

by Erin O'Hare August 19, 2022October 6, 2022

“We’re so busy trying to tell them to be still, to be quiet and behave. How can they grow like that?” says Asia Green.

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Posted inOur neighborhoods

After struggling as a child, mother and grandmother in Charlottesville public housing, Mary Anderson wants to help a new generation thrive

by Erin O'Hare August 19, 2022October 6, 2022

Anderson grew up in Westhaven in the 1970s and now lives there in her grandmother’s old unit.

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