Scott Bass

1 week ago | richmond.com | Scott Bass

When governors speak, give them the benefit of the doubt. Just this once. Seven of Virginia’s former chief executives (four Republicans, three Democrats) were sending a clear message on May 17 during a Brown v. Board of Education commemoration at Virginia Commonwealth University, an event marking the 71st anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling. They were all in agreement that school segregation — the “separate but equal” doctrine overturned in 1954 — was wrong then as it is now.

1 month ago | richmond.com | Scott Bass

Sometimes, getting lost in the shuffle isn't such a bad thing. Early last week, with the news cycle consumed by D.C. dumpster fires and the Virginia GOP's political cannibalism, City Hall's latest blunder largely went unnoticed: Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities, while installing a new fluoride pump at the city’s beleaguered water treatment plant, accidentally dumped too much of the cavity-fighting, dentist-recommended mineral into the public drinking water on April 23.

2 months ago | richmond.com | Scott Bass

Economist Bob McNab likens Virginia’s precarious fiscal situation to standing on a beach when the water suddenly recedes. “You know that if the ocean washes out, it’s coming back with force,” said McNab, chair of the Department of Economics and director of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy at Old Dominion University. “We know the reaction is coming. We just don’t have the hard data yet to know how much of an impact it is going to be.”Perhaps you’ve heard.

2 months ago | richmond.com | Scott Bass

You can’t see it now, but that decaying, mud-brown monstrosity tucked behind the convention center on Leigh Street — cordoned off and vacant since closing for good in 2019 — was once the city’s literal heartbeat. In its first year of operation, 1971-72, the Richmond Coliseum sold more than 1 million tickets, booking the biggest acts on the planet: The Jackson 5, Elvis, Sonny & Cher, Aretha Franklin, Neil Diamond, Isaac Hayes. Ringling Bros. drew more than 112,000 over several shows.

Feb 25, 2025 | journalnow.com | Scott Bass

Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube | RSS Feed | Omny Studio | All Of Our PodcastsIn November of 1996, Cloverleaf Mall in Richmond, Virginia was the site of the still-unsolved double murder of Cheryl Edwards and Charlita Singleton, two mall employees found stabbed to death in the back office of the dollar store where they worked. In 2004, investigators briefly thought they'd uncovered new leads, however there has been no progress on the case.