Dawnthea M. Price Lisco

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call me dimple, she/her/hers

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fka https://twitter.com/dawntheapl

how you say itdawn-TAY-uh, or dimple like DMPL
are you any good at journalism?i sure hope so
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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoJan 4, 2024

Each month, #RVA restaurants pay a self-reported tax of 7.5% that’s used to support public schools. Contrasting with other local governments — like #Hanover and #Henrico counties — restaurant owners said #Richmond does not automatically notify them if they’re late or miss a tax payment.

https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-01-03/richmond-meals-tax-restaurants-latitude-finance-philly-vegan-penalties

#Journalism #publicmedia #virginia

Richmond restaurants dispute thousands in meals tax penalties

The city’s finance department has a recent history of irregularities.

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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoDec 23, 2023

SCOOP: Virginia is set to lose more than half of its public community health workers by July 1, VDH internal documents reveal.

The funding cliff is caused by the end of federal grants. And they're not in Gov. Glenn Youngkin's new budget draft, either.

https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-12-22/community-health-worker-chw-virginia-health-department-covid19-funding

#virginia #healthNews #covid #vaccines #publichealth #Journalism #foia

Virginia could lose 50% of its community health workers by July 1

Public records requests show the front-line workers face a perilous funding cliff.

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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoDec 23, 2023
ProPublicaDec 22, 2023

This University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus.
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Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.”

By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.

#Virginia #Education #Race #College #School #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/christopher-newport-university-virginia-black-neighborhoods-enrollment?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

The University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus.

Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.” By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.

ProPublica
Dawnthea M. Price LiscoAug 24, 2023
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SIMPLE SERVICE PIECE ABOUT HOW TO RENT A BIKE https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-08-23/rva-bikes-wegoshare-bewegen-how-to-use
#RVA #Bikeshare
Updated: RVA BikeShare 2.0 exists, but does not work

This was supposed to be about using the bikeshare. Tl;dr: You probably can’t (yet)?

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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoJul 7, 2023
it's been nice, the minimal social media. not whatever's happening now tho
Dawnthea M. Price LiscoJul 7, 2023
Good morning, RVA!Jul 3, 2023

It’ll cost over a billion dollars to fix our sewers, and there’s absolutely zero way this happens without federal money (especially before the laughable 2035 deadline).

“Officials have long said that residential utility rates could triple if the city doesn’t receive help in the form of grant money...At the federal level, those include congressional earmarks; the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Grant Program; and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans.”

https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-06-30/richmond-stormwater-state-funding-stalled

City stormwater projects move ahead, though state funding stalled

An expected $100 million windfall could help Richmond meet state pollution standards.

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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoMar 2, 2023
Pouring one out for the #CNET #layoffs today. Fuck.
#journalism
Dawnthea M. Price LiscoFeb 12, 2023
Dawnthea M. Price LiscoFeb 2, 2023
dozens of People's Agenda submissions ID'd legislation by name. what happened to *those* bills? https://www.vpm.org/live-updates/live-blog-ish-2023-peoples-agenda-general-assembly #VAPol #VALeg #generalassembly
Keeping tabs on Virginia Legislature: the 2023 People's Agenda

Legislative updates from Wednesday, Feb. 1.

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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoFeb 8, 2023
VPM has a newsletter now. 👀 https://www.vpm.org/signup #PublicMedia #Journalism #Newsletter #RVA
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Dawnthea M. Price LiscoFeb 2, 2023
dozens of People's Agenda submissions ID'd legislation by name. what happened to *those* bills? https://www.vpm.org/live-updates/live-blog-ish-2023-peoples-agenda-general-assembly #VAPol #VALeg #generalassembly
Keeping tabs on Virginia Legislature: the 2023 People's Agenda

Legislative updates from Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Virginia's home for Public Media