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VanValkenburg's bill aims to force planned Henrico gaming facility to face public referendum or lose revenue • School Board to discuss new specialty center at Henrico HS, schools budget for 2025-26

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VanValkenburg's bill aims to force planned Henrico gaming facility to face public referendum or lose revenue

Work is ongoing to prepare a Henrico shopping center site for the arrival of a controversial gaming boutique – slated to include as many as 175 historical horse racing machines, a wine bar and live entertainment – but Henrico State Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-16th District) is hopeful that an amendment he has introduced in the Virginia Senate will cause the organization’s parent company to reconsider its plans. Click here to read more

Henrico School Board to discuss new specialty center at Henrico High, schools budget for 2025-2026
Henrico School Board members will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday to review the new Henrico High School Center for Cybersecurity set to open for the 2026-2027 school year. Henrico Schools currently hosts 2,578 students at 15 high school specialty centers, which rising ninth-graders from any part of the
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Legislation to translate K-12 assessments into multiple languages advances in Virginia
Virginia students would be allowed to take the state’s annual learning assessments in a language other than English under a bill that advanced out of a House Education subcommittee on Tuesday. Del. Laura Jane Cohen, D-Fairfax, introduced the legislation, after the Virginia Board of Education recently made changes to
Henrico CitizenNathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury
Virginia House moves measures to protect abortion, same-sex marriage, voting rights
By Seraina Caviezel and Juliet Zuker, Richmond Capital News Service The Virginia House passed three Constitutional amendment resolutions Jan. 14 that could significantly reshape state policy on abortion, voting rights and same-sex marriage. The measures proposed by Democrats, HJ 1, HJ 2, and HJ 9, passed largely by party lines
Henrico CitizenSpecial to the Citizen
Tuckahoe YMCA blood drive honors memory of Robert Mason Wood
When Katie Troy’s son was hospitalized with Burkett’s Lymphoma in Nov. of 2021, she was working part-time at the Tuckahoe YMCA. During his treatment, Mason Wood received multiple blood transfusions, but sometimes his treatment had to be delayed due to a low platelet count. Mason died Jan. 11, 2022,
Henrico CitizenPatty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor
Milestones: Jan. 21, 2025
Nia Boyd of Henrico was named to the fall 2024 dean’s list at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a minimum 3.75 grade point average for the semester. The following local students were named to the fall 2024 president’
Henrico CitizenCitizen Staff Reports
Savvy Senior: How to help a hoarding parent
Dear Savvy Senior, My dad has always been a pack rat, but since mom died a few years ago he’s become more of a hoarder. The clutter in his house has gotten out of control and I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions? -Distraught in Centerville Dear
Henrico CitizenJim Miller, Special to the Citizen

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Henrico News Minute – Jan. 21, 2025
A bill that would force a planned Henrico gambling facility to pass a public referendum or cede significant revenue passes a Virginia Senate subcommittee unanimously; the Henrico School Board will vote on a new specialty center for Henrico High School today; a Henrico Police officer dies.
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