For some reason I have found myself on a PR firm’s distribution list for press materials vis-a-vis the upcoming Texas Tribune Festival, which based on the lineup is going to be rolling out some of the most preening, self-satisfied...
State and local leaders on Aug. 4 praised plans by Hilton to maintain and upgrade its global headquarters in Tysons and create hundreds of new jobs there.
“Virginia is America’s hometown for corporate headquarters, and we are proud that Hilton...
The Arlington Connection this week has an article (with nice cover art) about efforts being made to make the Potomac River so clean that people would feel comfortable swimming in it, or at least lounging at a beach on...
It’s always entertaining, at least to me, when almost blatantly partisan political groups attempt to veil themselves in a sheen of nonpartisanship. The public sometimes buys it, after all.
But enough of that. On a completely unrelated topic from the...
After seeing their daughter Jill undergo frequent grand-mal seizures and feeling the impact of her condition on their family, Lon and Brenda Solomon in 2010 founded Jill’s House to provide short-term, overnight respite care for children with intellectual disabilities...
Why cue the theme to "The Jeffersons," as the headline notes? Because it looks like somebody is aiming to be "Movin' on Up."
Was it unfettered sense of self or unbridled political ambition – or a combination of both –...
The long and winding saga of a piece of legislation patroned by Del. Alfonso Lopez ended with the sound of the governor’s veto pen making contact with paper.
Gov. Youngkin on May 27 vetoed the measure – HB 891 –...
Arlington leaders probably were not expecting a last-minute reprieve, and they most assuredly didn’t get one.
The House of Delegates on April 27 by a party-line vote sustained Gov. Youngkin’s veto of a measure that would have allowed the Arlington...
Freshman Gov. Youngkin whipped out the ol’ veto pen recently, nixing some bills patroned by local legislators and in the process drawing the ire of Democrats and Virginia’s punditocracy, who have not clutched their pearls and fallen victim to...
Arlington County Board members will be a little late to the party this weekend as they start the ball rolling on assisting local cab drivers with meeting the increasingly high cost of doing business.
Board members are slated to set...
