Richmond mayor hired political donor with Newport News ties to remove Confederate statues, report says

CORRECTS SECOND SECOND SENTENCE TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO SACRED GROUND HISTORICAL RECLAMATION PROJECT – Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney gestures during a news conference at the site of the Lumpkin’s Slave Jail near downtown, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Officials in Richmond have announced a new funding commitment for an ambitious and long-envisioned memorial campus in the city’s former slave-trading district, Shockoe Bottom. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (Steve Helber/AP)