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A proposed county contract aims to incentivize Arlington residents to resume buying as many solar panels as they once did. The Arlington County Board on Saturday is set to consider whether to approve an agreement with Solar United Neighbors (SUN), which runs the Capital Area Solar Switch program, a co-op that provides financial incentives to

Some county employees now have a labor contract with Arlington County. This weekend, the Arlington County Board adopted a resolution funding the tentative collective bargaining agreement between the county and the local union representing service, labor and trade workers. County and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) representatives negotiated a tentative collective

Unionized trade workers have tentatively negotiated with Arlington County for wage increases and safety protections for the next four years. Predicting a budget gap in the 2025 budget, however, the county says it will have to raise taxes or make budget cuts to pay for these provisions, according to a fiscal analysis the Arlington County

Four years ago, Arlington officials spent $4.1 million to build a 10-mile fiber optic network aimed at allowing local businesses to get cheaper access to higher-speed internet -- since then, the fiber has just sat in the ground, almost totally unused. At the time, county leaders championed the construction of the "dark fiber" network as