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Once upon a time I ran a news site, now I just have opinions on the news. 

Good Morning, RVA!
My goal is to get you everything you need to know to have intelligent conversations with the folks you encounter throughout the day. Plus, jokes!

Mar 2
Mar 2 Good morning, RVA: Balow out, leave a public comment, and vegan cheese

Ross Catrow

It’s a rainy morning—the perfect conditions for leaving a public comment on climate-related policies.

Mar 1
Mar 1 Good morning, RVA: The 2023 budget schedule!, the Marcus Alert, and doodling on a map

Ross Catrow

Budget Season: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Feb 28
Feb 28 Good morning, RVA: Osborne Turnpike, part-time legislators, and weighing in on bike lanes

Ross Catrow

Feb 27
Feb 27 Good morning, RVA: Special election results, budgets galore, and 6th Street Marketplace

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Decisive election results and indecisive budget results.

Feb 24
Feb 24 Good morning, RVA: Medium again, special election, and a big federal grant

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Get ready for winter to return (for at least a day) this weekend.

Feb 23
Feb 23 Good morning, RVA: RPS resignation, election dominos, and the Ashland Trolley Line

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Election dominos have started to fall! Start making your plan to vote on Sunday.

Feb 22
Feb 22 Good morning, RVA: Elected to Congress, cemeteries, and trains

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Train projects take decades to figure out, and, like a train, once they get moving they’re hard to stop.

Feb 21
Feb 21 Good morning, RVA: Election Day!, Richmond 300 annual report, and concrete columns

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If you live in Virginia’s 4th Congressional District you’ve got no excuses! Get out there and vote!

Feb 17
Feb 17 Good morning, RVA: Medium, unions, and counting birds

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I have no idea where this AI road we’re on leads, but it certainly feels like we’re headed for a period of strange and rapid change.

Feb 16
Feb 16 Good morning, RVA: Record highs, good reflections, and the best things to do on your own

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I’d probably join a “pick a point on the map and walk to it” club.

Feb 15
Feb 15 Good morning, RVA: Deluge your delegates, scooter updates, and the marijuana market

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With the new scooter ordinance, you can ride scooters deep into the night!

Feb 14
Feb 14 Good morning, RVA: Register to vote, animal news, and writing advice

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I’m not against...certain...by-right uses, but I think we could do way better than a single-story building on our biggest street.

Feb 13
Feb 13 Good morning, RVA: Cake hotel, transportation advice, and population data

Ross Catrow

Your bikelife will get a thousand time better once you ditch the backpack.

Feb 10
Feb 10 Good morning, RVA: Medium levels, a bike lane survey, and fascinating real estate updates

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Richmond should update whatever manual and remove sharrows as an allowable thing to put on our streets.

Feb 9
Feb 9 Good morning, RVA: Crossover bills, penalty flags, and bridges

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If we wanted to keep people safe on Main Street we would implement cheap, temporary fixes to slow down drivers.

Feb 8
Feb 8 Good morning, RVA: Climate Action Plan, piloting infrastructure, and education policies

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Support Richmond’s Climate Equity Action Plan!

Feb 7
Feb 7 Good morning, RVA: Fentanyl and guns, walkable places, and public housing

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I’m fascinated by how Cambridge is actually building more public housing!

Feb 6
Feb 6 Good morning, RVA: A bad spreadsheet, three meetings, and a plan for the Grotto

Ross Catrow

How much chaos can one bad spreadsheet sow?

Feb 3
Feb 3 Good morning, RVA: COVID-19 Medium, great interviews, and history standards

Ross Catrow

I can’t wait for the days when we all just get our updated COVID-19 shot alongside our flu shots in the fall, and I don’t have to write an entire paragraph about it every Friday.

Feb 2
Feb 2 Good morning, RVA: School Board progress, a bicycle bill, and silly maps

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Phil! Phil Connors?!

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