
Judge restores injunction blocking removal of Lee statue
The Richmond judge who had moved Tuesday to dissolve an injunction barring the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from Monument Avenue in Richmond has amended his ruling.

The Richmond judge who had moved Tuesday to dissolve an injunction barring the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from Monument Avenue in Richmond has amended his ruling.

It’s not Joe Biden, as much as it is that Joe Biden isn’t Donald Trump. That’s the potentially sobering finding in a new VCU poll, which pegs roughly half of the support for the Democrat as being a vote against the president.

A state judge moved Tuesday to dissolve an injunction barring the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from Monument Avenue in Richmond, siding with Gov. Ralph Northam in the legal battle that has been ongoing since early June.

AFP Digital Editor Crystal Abbe Graham grills editor Chris Graham on UVA Football heading into UNC week.

Dominion Energy is inviting nonprofit arts organizations across Virginia to apply for a 2021 Dominion Energy ArtStars award.

Virginia gas prices have fallen 1.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.09/gallon today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 stations.

Just short of 2 million votes have already been cast in the 2020 election in Virginia, either through early voting or mail-in ballots that have been received at voting offices across the Commonwealth.

The Virginia Lottery introduced its new online game offerings on July 1. Nearly four months later, more than 65,000 registered players have shared in a combined $130 million in total prizes.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

Virginia’s seven billionaires have done well for themselves since mid-March, growing their collective wealth $6.5 billion – 15.8 percent.
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