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Newport News Charter §§ 2.02(C),(G),(I), 4.02(C), 6.12–6.13, 8.04. Official publisher text.
Virginia Legislative Information System’s compiled Newport News charter. State-enacted local charter; cited finance provisions include §§ 2.02, 4.02, 6.12–6.13 and 8.04.
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Virginia Code § 15.2-2511. Official publisher text.
Official Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2511.
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External auditor’s executive summary for Council, including the self-insured employee-benefit claims restatement and audit scope limitations.
Official standalone 21-page presentation linked from the December 9, 2025 work-session agenda. Pages 5–7 report the internal-control scope, one material weakness and $16,111,542 accounting restatement. Page 1 supplies the presentation date. Source checked October 11, 2026. Link to the official publisher copy; no local publication copy is supplied.
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Independent audit report containing financial-reporting finding 2025-001 and the City’s corrective-action response.
Combined report hosted by Virginia’s Auditor of Public Accounts. Financial-reporting/internal-control report signed November 26, 2025 (PDF page 4); federal-program report dated January 21, 2026 (page 7). Finding and management response: pages 12–13. The response asserts FY2025 implementation; the auditor gives no opinion on it (page 3). Source checked October 11, 2026.
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Newport News's annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
Official PDF listed by the City's Accounting office. The fiscal year end is the reporting period, not a claimed publication date. Source listing checked October 1, 2026.