Fairfax County taxpayers are once again footing the bill for a rapidly expanding local government budget that prioritizes bureaucratic growth over fiscal restraint. The proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget includes a staggering net increase of $49.17 million strictly for Personnel Services, pushing the total...
As Virginia lawmakers finalize the fiscal year 2027 budget, a renewed focus on economic development spending has sparked discussions among fiscal conservatives regarding the proper use of taxpayer dollars. The budget includes an additional $10 million General Fund allocation for the Virginia Business Ready...
Dominion Energy Virginia announced a $900-million increase in capital costs for its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project, bringing the total projected to $10.7 billion. The extra expense will be incurred for transmission interconnections required to allow power to flow within the PJM region electricity market.
When they were last legal, a Virginia economist has compiled hard data that shows which neighborhoods had the highest concentrations of gaming devices - called "skillgames" by some or "neighborhood slots machines" by others
In 2020, Loudoun County Public School Board contracted with a private firm to review the names of all LCPS schools and mascots for political correctness.Â
Virginia's standard deduction has increased under both Republican and Democratic governors in the last few years. It went from $6,000 per couple for 2018 to $17,000 for 2019. This allows taxpayers to save $633 a year.
The Chief Equity Office is headed by a Chief Equity Officer (salary: $258,641). She directly supervises an Executive Director for Equity & Student Relations ($191,634), a Chief Administrative Hearings Officer ($189,569), and a Thomas Jefferson High School Admissions Director ($122,717).
Today, Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is not known for political pugilism retaliated against Senate Democrats for rejecting six of his nominees to the board of George Mason University and the Virginia Military Institute, as well as the state School Board.
The executive order signed by President Donald Trump to stop future offshore wind farms on federal ocean leases does not appear to target the Virginia project currently underway.
According to the Fauquier Times, Council is embroiled in litigation from a citizen lawsuit to block the Amazon project as well as a FOIA request for thousands of emails and documents. According to the Fauquier Times, the council is embroiled in litigation due to a citizen suit to block the Amazon Project as well as FOIA requests to release thousands emails and documents.
