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Looking for someone who ICE might be detaining? / Here are two options.
Looking for someone who ICE might be detaining? / Here are two options.
Seven Days Mirror the Future / Recapping Jan. 24 to Jan. 30
Seven Days Mirror the Future / Recapping Jan. 24 to Jan. 30
The Trump-Vance Administration’s Rule of Law / Who defends, who opposes and why.
The Trump-Vance Administration’s Rule of Law
Knock, Knock. Who's There? The Trump Administration / It is the new USA.
Knock, Knock. Who's There? The Trump Administration
Vienna Delays Vote on Meals Tax Again
At its Jan. 27 meeting, the Vienna Town Council voted to temporarily defer the proposal to raise the meals tax from 3 to 4 percent.
Casino Bill for Tysons Advances
Opponents make repeated trips to Richmond to testify against the bill.
The subcommittee pushed SB982, introduced by Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax), to the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 9 a.m. The bill proposes to allow Fairfax County residents to vote in a referendum on a casino in Tysons.
$4 Billion for School Budget
State shortfall in funding for local schools creates expanding needs.
Division Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid presented what she called the “needs-based” Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Budget at the Fairfax County School Board meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 23.
Anonymous $60 Million Gift to Madeira School
Stands as the ‘largest gift given to an independent all-girls school ever.’
Stands as the ‘largest gift given to an independent all-girls school ever.’
Supervisors: Casino Bill Muddies Waters
Real issue is state underfunding of schools, they say.
A senator's comments Monday to the Virginia Senate Subcommittee on Gaming regarding SB982 (Casino Gaming; eligible host localities) led the chair of the No Fairfax Casino coalition, Lynn Mulston, to email the senators a letter titled "URGENT: SB982 Reaction to Chief Patron's Comments."