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How August became back-to-school season in Richmond

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A choropleth map showing U.S. public school start dates before August 16. Darker-shaded states indicate a higher percentage of schools starting early, with most of the Southeast and part of the Southwest starting before this date. Lighter shades represent states with fewer schools starting before August 16, including several Northeast states with no schools opening prior to that date.

Share of schools open before August 16

Data: MDR Education; Map: Brad Jennings/Axios

Vote for Richmond's best pizza

A bracket that pits 16 Richmond pizza shops across four rounds to determine a favorite. The first round includes matchups such as Zorch vs. Jo-Jo's and Pupatella vs. Benny's. Opening seeds were based on 477 Axios Richmond readers surveyed and editors' judgment.

Richmond's best pizza

Ukrop's gets a bigger footprint inside Richmond-area Kroger

Chesterfield bucks Richmond-area trend with lower-density plan

Richmond restaurant hit with erroneous $60K water bill

🎒 Back to school

💰 City Hall to tax push

💸 Water bill whopper

🔁 Henrico's roundabout revolution

🏘️ Richmond retreats on density

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