Much like when popes issue their Christmas greetings to the world, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay likes to issue pronouncements for public consumption.
(One could say "McKay ain't no pope," but that is pretty much assumed, on...
Their bills weren’t posted until right before the 2022 General Assembly session began Jan. 12, but local House of Delegates members have proposed legislation concerning tax credits, land use, weapons, health, hazing and sex trafficking.
But with Republicans in control...
He’s been redistricted out of Arlington, but Del. Rip Sullivan said he will always consider the community a second political home.
“I’ll still be there fighting for Arlington,” Sullivan said at the Jan. 5 Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting, the...
He is a quasi-lame duck in terms of Arlington (for reasons that will be explained below), but Del. Rip Sullivan has high hopes for productivity, even from a minority position, in the coming 60-day General Assembly session.
“I am an...
Their party may be at a disadvantage in the House of Delegates, given the new Republican majority, but local Democratic legislators still hope to accomplish much in the General Assembly session that kicks off Jan. 12.
State Sen. Chap Petersen...
With our office move drawing ever nearer (eight days to go!), a whole bunch of archived editions of the paper are being tossed about as we figure out how we can save as much as we need without overwhelming...
As we note on occasion on this page, we’ve been around long enough, when it comes to politicians, to have watched ’em come and watched ’em go. Some impress, some repel, most fall somewhere in the middle.
When it comes...
Only one of the three incumbents representing Arlington in the House of Delegates and running for re-election has garnered the endorsement of the political-action committee of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
NOVABIZPAC (the Northern Virginia Business Political Action Committee)...
The quest by Del. Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) to unseat Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring in the June 8 primary may seem to be fading in homestretch, but he retains a strong supporter in Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington).
“Working alongside Jay...
Del. Rip Sullivan (D-McLean-Arlington) has become the latest local legislator to endorse the gubernatorial bid of Terry McAuliffe.
Sullivan, who serves as Democratic Caucus chair in the lower house of the legislature, called McAuliffe “a strong and bold leader” who...
