Editor: From the great American songbook, “Say It Ain’t So.”
For about 18 months now, on your editorial page, gallons of ink have been used to pontificate about what is disliked in Fairfax County.
Fairfax County is one of the best...
Perhaps he’ll wear it as an unusual badge of honor, but it certainly is a distinction for Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington): Gov. Youngkin vetoed four of his bills that had passed both houses of the legislature during the 2022...
It took a long and somewhat winding road to get to his desk, but Gov. Youngkin has signed a measure related to licensure of teachers from outside the U.S., patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington-Fairfax-Loudoun).
The measure requires the...
Remember the old truism: The penis mightier than the sword. Nope, that's not right. Should be "the pen is mightier than the sword." Oh, if there were only copy editors left in the news biz!
But anyway.
Freshman Gov. Youngkin whipped...
The Arlington County Democratic Committee is urging its rank-and-file to contact Gov. Youngkin and express displeasure over his veto of legislation impacting the county.
Youngkin earlier this session turned thumbs down on a measure from Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) to...
There was some news coverage this week that members of Congress, from both sides of the trough (er, aisle), were back to their ol' earmarking routines -- handing out tax dollars to special-interest groups, under the guise of do-good-ism...
It’s only just begun and needs a major assist from Maryland to reach its potential, but the 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (aka 495 NEXT) project kicked off March 14 with a groundbreaking ceremony 11 stories up on The...
Legislation patroned by state Sen. Barbara Favola to require an annual report from the Commonwealth Council on Aging has landed on Gov. Youngkin’s desk.
The measure from Favola (D-Arlington-Fairfax-Loudoun) would require the council to submit an annual report by Oct....
Five of Arlington’s seven-member General Assembly delegation voted in support of a measure that will limit the power of governors to act unilaterally for an indeterminate period in a crisis.
Legislation sponsored by state Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Roanoke) on March...
In the long run it's a tempest in a teapot and much ado about nothing (or at least much ado about not all that much), but passions do seem to be running high now that Gov. Youngkin vetoed a...
