Alexandria to adopt FY 2027 budget, set 2026 tax rate Wednesday
Seven ordinances and five resolutions up for final passage, including parking, stormwater, business license and fire department fee increases
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Alexandria weighs first zoning rules for backyard beehives
Proposal would cap hive numbers by lot size, require 10-foot setbacks and allow closer placement behind a "flyway barrier"
Congress keeps holding all-nighters, creating dysfunction after dark
Lawmakers say it’s a symptom of a broken Congress that leaders are increasingly forced to govern in the dead of night.
Del. Lopez's wage enforcement bill among sweeping worker protections signed into law
Spanberger signs package including paid family leave, prevailing wage modernization and salary history ban; Beyer calls paid leave a 'historic step forward'
Alexandria City Council to take up tall ships, $20M housing bonds Tuesday, formalize FY 2027 budget Wednesday
June tall-ships festival, Ladrey rehab bonds and a draft federal housing plan fill Tuesday's docket; budget and tax rate adoption follows Wednesday
Virginia lawmakers recess special session without a budget deal
Democratic divide over data center incentives and skill games veto leaves $212B spending plan unresolved.
Republican proposes giving Democratic-leaning part of Virginia back to DC after redistricting vote
The area holds the separate municipalities of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County.
Kalshi fines, suspends Moran for betting on his own U.S. Senate race
The independent challenger to Sen. Mark Warner, a former "FBoy Island" contestant, was fined more than $6,200 and banned from the prediction market for five years after wagering $100 on himself
Inside Alexandria's 1,026 write-in ballots: Primary rivals, former mayors, Mickey Mouse, and Joseph Stalin
The write-in assignment file, provided to The Alexandria Brief on request on Wednesday, offers a look at how 1,026 voters rejected all three ballot candidates
Democrats win in Virginia but it won't be the final say in a national redistricting competition
The Virginia Supreme Court will now decide whether Democratic lawmakers violated procedural rules when they referred a constitutional amendment to the ballot authorizing the new U.S. House districts that could help Democrats win as many as four additional seats in the state.
Broadband leaders from 34 states convene in Old Town
Gov. Spanberger headlines two-day national workshop at Hotel AKA
Sandy Marks to be sworn in May 12 as Alexandria's newest city council member
The special election winner will take office nearly three weeks after her victory — in time for a May 16 public hearing on the Braddock Road Improvements appeal
The US has a long history of changing voting districts for political reasons. Is it legal?
The word has stood the test of time, in part because American politics remain fiercely competitive. And with time and technology, politicians have become even more adept at drafting voting districts that benefit their political party.
City Council reaches budget consensus, drops Sunday parking meters, and approves jail study
Council reached majority support on all 11 add/delete proposals on Tuesday, cancelling next week's follow-up session; the budget heads to final adoption April 29
Virginia voters approve redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ seats in Congress
Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections that will decide control of the closely divided Congress.
Sandy Marks wins Alexandria City Council special election
The Democratic nominee defeats Frank Fannon and Alison Virginia O'Connell to fill the seat vacated by Del. Kirk McPike