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Rep. Rich McCormick's "Make DC Square Again Act" would undo the 1846 retrocession of Alexandria and Arlington — days after Virginia voters approved a Democratic redistricting plan.
Seven ordinances and five resolutions up for final passage, including parking, stormwater, business license and fire department fee increases
Proposal would cap hive numbers by lot size, require 10-foot setbacks and allow closer placement behind a "flyway barrier"
Lawmakers say it’s a symptom of a broken Congress that leaders are increasingly forced to govern in the dead of night.
Spanberger signs package including paid family leave, prevailing wage modernization and salary history ban; Beyer calls paid leave a 'historic step forward'
June tall-ships festival, Ladrey rehab bonds and a draft federal housing plan fill Tuesday's docket; budget and tax rate adoption follows Wednesday
Democratic divide over data center incentives and skill games veto leaves $212B spending plan unresolved.
The area holds the separate municipalities of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County.
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
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
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.
Gov. Spanberger headlines two-day national workshop at Hotel AKA
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 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.
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 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.