BK Williams of the Richmond Progressive Alliance talked to the Pulse about its members' election victories, working with Mayor Tom Butt and more....
Vernon Whitmore remembers coming to Richmond at a time when the city was led by its first Black elected mayor and African Americans in other positions of power....
Taxes, local politicians and beliefs about what Donald Trump means for the U.S. motivated Richmond voters of all ages....
Early returns show Gayle McLaughlin, Claudia Jimenez and Melvin Willis, the three City Council candidates endorsed by the RPA, are leading in their districts....
The city of Richmond has burned through almost half of its $5.4 million overtime budget just three months into the new fiscal year....
The City Council voted to indefinitely table a controversial policy that would have required council candidates to prove where they live to be eligible to run....
We've compiled coverage from the Pulse and our partners of the races for Richmond City Council and WCCUSD school board, the California propositions and more....
Richmond has moved from at-large to district elections for City Council, the result of a yearslong political debate over representation....
The city also needs to budget for maintenance costs, improvements to the library and crosswalks and more, according to reports at Tuesday's City Council meeting....
Members suggested short- and long-term changes to policing to the Richmond City Council, among them strengthening investigations against officers....
Eleanor Thompson said she is running for Richmond City Council to do more for the community she has lived in for decades, in our series of interviews with the candidates....
Former mayor Gayle McLaughlin explains why she is making a bid to add on to her more than a decade on the Richmond City Council in our interview series....
Richmond City Council member Melvin Willis said in our Q&A series he is running to represent District 1 "because there still is a lot more work to be done."...
A contentious plan to build residential and commercial properties at Point Molate will move forward after the Richmond City Council approved a deal with the project’s developer Tuesday....
Richmond City Council candidate Najari Smith says his priorities are public safety and the environment, which he says are tied to affordable housing, in our interview series....
