
Keyris Manzanares
Multimedia Journalist at VPM
2x Emmy award-winning, journalist @myvpm covering Richmond. Story ideas? [email protected] Hablo español 🇸🇻
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1 week ago |
vpm.org | Keyris Manzanares
Despite unofficial vote counts showing him within the margin necessary to request a recount, Levar Stoney accepted defeat in Virginia’s Democratic lieutenant governor primary Wednesday. In a statement released Wednesday morning, Richmond’s former mayor conceded the race and called on his supporters to rally behind state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D–Chesterfield), who claimed victory Tuesday night while holding a lead of just over 3,500 votes — or 0.8% — over Stoney.
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2 weeks ago |
vpm.org | Keyris Manzanares
The candidates offer competing visions of jail programming and community outreach.
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2 weeks ago |
vpm.org | Keyris Manzanares
Deon Wright Jr. was not expecting to carry a clear backpack during his senior year at Richmond Community High School. When it comes to addressing school safety issues, Wright, who will be attending Morehouse College in the fall, said, “Well I definitely don’t think it's the clear bookbag.”The Richmond School Board unanimously voted last summer to implement the clear backpack policy.
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3 weeks ago |
vpm.org | Keyris Manzanares
After a monthslong national search, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula has selected a new chief administrative officer to lead day-to-day operations at City Hall. Avula announced his nominee, Odie Donald II, in a press release Friday afternoon, saying that Donald’s compelling life story and belief in “effective and responsible public management” speaks to Richmond’s highest aspirations.
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3 weeks ago |
whro.org | Keyris Manzanares
This story was reported and written by VPM News. Virginia’s nonpartisan watchdog agency found that transferring the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice from the secretary of public safety to the secretary of health and human resources could “hinder” their mission. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the research arm of Virginia’s General Assembly, presented its findings Wednesday to lawmakers.
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Go narrow, go deep. Exceptional reporting/journalism in Richmond by @KeyrisNews. ‘Idleness and boredom': Bon Air juvenile center fires point to broader problems https://t.co/cz3HWt4IDv

RT @MarkPuente: Go narrow, go deep. Exceptional reporting/journalism in Richmond by @KeyrisNews. ‘Idleness and boredom': Bon Air juvenil…