It’s a bill that is going absolutely, positively nowhere this two-year session of Congress, but Virginia’s two U.S. senators have signed up as cosponsors of a measure giving statehood to a portion of the District of Columbia.
“Virginia’s neighbors in...
Critics howled and proponents cheered, but in the end, nobody was really the least bit surprised.
Arlington County Board members on Jan. 25 formally set March public hearing to implement Missing Middle zoning/planning changes that would significantly alter -- in...
The field may be as many as a half-dozen by the time the dust settles, but for voters in June’s Arlington County Board Democratic primary, there will be some limits on how many candidates one can rank as part...
In the days before COVID sent public events into lockdown mode for a number of years, Arlington County Republican Committee meetings were made just a little bit sweeter by Clara “Delle” Macrae.
A familiar face at GOP meetings, Macrae provided...
Print-media companies long have been exempt from some taxation in Virginia. And at least for another year, their online-only competitors will not get the same breaks.
Legislation patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) to extend exemptions from business, professional and...
She’s been on the payroll for several weeks, but Jan. 19 marked the first School Board meeting of new member Bethany Sutton.
“I believe passionately in the success of students,” Sutton said during brief remarks at the start of the...
A proposal to require all local School Boards in Virginia to contain a student member went down to defeat in a House of Delegates subcommittee Jan. 24.
The measure – patroned by Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington-Fairfax) – would if passed...
It was an annually recurring back-and-forth, a little belated perhaps, but one that had a surprise twist at the end. And it all revolved around campaign sign-swiping.
Acknowledging she was a little tardy compared to most years, perennial candidate Audrey...
Arlington County Board members on Jan. 21 called it quits for the night, pausing public comment on Missing Middle housing/zoning changes for three days.
Board members sat through about 170 speakers given two minutes each to make their case for...
It looks likely that there will be no special election for Arlington sheriff this spring.
County Board members on Jan. 21 formally requested that the Circuit Court not order an election to fill the remaining months of the term of...
