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Regional public transportation officials convened at the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission’s (NVTC) Annual Legislative Forum on Dec. 1 and the Commission’s Dec. 7 meeting to discuss public transportation funding in

The Fairfax County School Board will vote next week on $847,000 in funding for security cameras at nine elementary schools. That project is among those that could be funded as part of Fairfax County Public Schools’ midyear budget review, which Chief Financial Officer Leigh Burden presented to the board on Monday (Dec. 4). FCPS has

The best path forward for saving Lake Accotink might to let it shrink, a Fairfax County task force has proposed. Created by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in May, the 30-person group was charged with exploring alternatives to fully dredging the sediment that has accumulated in the man-made body of water or converting it to

Anticipating slow growth in the real estate tax base and only a modest increase in general fund revenues, local officials are preparing for a slim budget in the next fiscal year. At a joint meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 28), the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the school board got an early forecast of projected

Fairfax County residents went to the polls on Nov. 7 and elected Democrats to most positions at the county and state levels.

Nearly half of the registered voters in Fairfax County participated in this year’s general election, which decided state and local representatives who will shape policies on issues from abortion to land use in the coming years. As of Tuesday (Nov. 7), 382,573 of the county’s 787,171 registered voters have cast a ballot — good for

Early voting is over, and Election Day 2023 is less than 24 hours away. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday). Virginia now allows same-day registration, though those voters will cast provisional ballots that are counted and validated later by the Fairfax County Electoral Board. Mail ballots can be placed

Fairfax County residents are underutilizing publicly-funded incentives to make their homes more green. That’s according to James Walkinshaw, Fairfax County Supervisor for the Braddock District, who hosted the county’s first Climate Action Conference on Sept. 30. Greeting a crowd of community members gathered at Lake Braddock Secondary School, Walkinshaw said the focus of the conference

Fairfax County residents are underutilizing publicly-funded incentives to make their homes more green. That’s according to James Walkinshaw, Fairfax County Supervisor for the Braddock District, who hosted the county’s first

Fairfax County residents are underutilizing publicly-funded incentives to make their homes more green. That’s according to James Walkinshaw, Fairfax County Supervisor for the Braddock District, who hosted the county’s first