Bren Pointe residents in Fairfax County are closer to seeing steel transmission towers rise just outside their townhomes after Virginia’s regulators approved a new electricity line to serve a single planned commercial data center.
Virginia is advancing toward banning transgenders from competing on women’s sports teams, even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up two cases that could set a national precedent.
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears dropped by an American Legion office in Midlothian on Thursday, a stop on her “Operation Defend and Deliver” campaign event series.
Some Virginia classrooms are embracing top-tier teaching tools — but others are barely touching them. A new statewide survey finds wide disparities in how English and math teachers use high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), underscoring the challenge of lifting student performance.
Bren Pointe residents in Fairfax County are closer to seeing steel transmission towers rise just outside their townhomes after Virginia’s regulators approved a new electricity line to serve a single planned commercial data center.
Virginia is advancing toward banning transgenders from competing on women’s sports teams, even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up two cases that could set a national precedent.
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears dropped by an American Legion office in Midlothian on Thursday, a stop on her “Operation Defend and Deliver” campaign event series.
Some Virginia classrooms are embracing top-tier teaching tools — but others are barely touching them. A new statewide survey finds wide disparities in how English and math teachers use high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), underscoring the challenge of lifting student performance.
After close to a decade in the Herndon area, the Islamic private school announced in late January that it will close for good after the 2024-2025 academic year, citing challenges with identifying a "viable financial path to self-sustainability."
Virginia lawmakers want to more than triple the amount of energy storage capacity Virginia’s two public utility companies — Dominion and Appalachian Power (ApCo) — must procure under the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA).
Fairfax County officials' concerns convinced state legislators to examine more closely proposed changes to Virginia Freedom of Information Act rules that are intended to increase transparency in local government decision-making.
Loudoun County is in the process of building 117 data centers, but the Board of Supervisors of the county are considering major changes to the way the county regulates this booming industry because of the growing concerns of residents.
After the House leadership moved a controversial bill for the development of a Casino and Entertainment Complex at Tysons Corner between House Committees, lawmakers made a decision on Wednesday.
Virginia’s public colleges and universities could soon be required to livestream their Board of Visitors meetings, ensuring real-time access for the public. The proposal, which passed the House and is now headed to the Senate, aims to increase transparency in higher education governance.
Virginia's Attorney General is reportedly seeking to revive an indecent-exposure case filed in Fairfax against a man who was later charged with for allegedly exposing him at Washington-Liberty High School, Arlington.
A highly favored counselor bill from the Virginia Senate to make more volunteer after-school life counselors available died Tuesday in a 4-2 House subcommittee...
The powerful House Committee on Appropriations has taken up the discussion of legislation allowing a vote on a Tysons Casino.
Speaker Don Scott (D-88) directed...
A group of local developers wants to turn the barn that has been unused for years at Mount Vernon’s Gristmill Park into a live music and restaurant venue.
Virginia towing rates could increase soon under legislation that is advancing to the governor's desk. However, the decision on whether to raise the fees will be left to local governments.
This was supposed to be the year the General Assembly did something about data centers. Two years ago, it crushed the first tentative efforts to regulate construction, choosing instead to goose the pace.
