The 46-day General Assembly session set to kick off Jan. 11 promises to be a whirlwind of legislative activity, so members of the Northern Virginia delegation already have put some bills in the pipeline.
State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington-McLean-Loudoun) has...
Democrat Holly Seibold and Republican Monique Baroudi are vying in a Jan. 10 special election to succeed former Del. Mark Keam (D) in the 35th House of Delegates District.
The district runs from Tysons southwest through portions of Vienna and...
Patrick Henry Library and the Vienna and Reston-Herndon area branches of the American Association of University Women will hold an online legislative preview featuring state Sens. Chap Petersen and Jennifer Boysko.
The event will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 4...
The Fairfax County delegation to the General Assembly will hold a public hearing to receive testimony related to the 2023 session on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 9 a.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway in...
For the first time in nearly a decade, the Fairfax County Electoral Board’s composition is switching from two Democrats and one Republican to two Republicans and one Democrat.
Jeffrey Shapiro has been appointed to the body by the Circuit Court...
With a large number of election campaigns to be run across Fairfax County and elsewhere in Northern Virginia in 2023, there may be a large number of first-time candidates in the mix.
For those newbies, as well as more established...
U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) is the lone Virginia member of Congress to sign as a co-sponsor on legislation attempting to bar former President Donald Trump from holding federal office again.
The measure, introduced earlier this month by U.S. Rep....
It’s been mentioned for months during debates over Confederate names and now it’s official: Lee District has been renamed Franconia District.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the change Dec. 6 and it took effect immediately.
“We’re not erasing...
It wasn’t a big surprise, seeing as she’s served on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors since 1996, but Supervisor Penelope Gross (D-Mason) announced Dec. 6 that she would not seek an eighth term next November and instead retire...
Northern Virginia’s Democratic legislators next year aim to keep Republicans from rolling back victories they achieved in 2020 and 2021, when their party controlled both the General Assembly and statewide offices.
Del. Rip Sullivan (D-McLean) outlined the Democrats’ strategy during...
