Politics

Mayor Dwight Jones called Richmond a “resurgent city,” in his annual State of the City address last night (1/29). 

The major listed among the city’s biggest wins in 2014, the successful campaign to lure Stone Brewing company to town.

The mayor also talked about a 25 million dollar federal transportation grant for rapid transit bus service from Henrico to downtown.

He did not name a new police chief, saying that announcement would come next week, nor did he say anything about baseball, promising an update on that when “the time is right.”

Dominion Virginia Power wants fewer state controls over what it charges customers and says it would be better for everybody.

Dominion says the move will actually help protect its customers from possible steep increases in their electric bills, brought on by federal efforts to curb carbon emissions, and that it would help avoid the premature closing of several coal-powered plants.

Critics say it would hurt consumers and amount to a giveaway to Dominion.