Richmond rundown: Fariss votes against his own hemp bill, local DNA collection bill moves ahead


Delegate Matt Fariss hopes industrial hemp will be a crop that helps revitalize Southside, and now it’s legal for universities to grow it for research.
Illustration Jason Crosby

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