345 days ago - Fairfax County will likely seek the power to ban guns from public buildings, keep cell phones out of the hands of teen drivers, streamline enforcement of overcrowding laws and protect gays from discrimination, according to a bundle of proposals that officials plan to send to Richmond next year.
348 days ago - Fairfax County is seeking an Arabic translator to review the religious texts of a Saudi school that a federal commission recently recommended be shut down unless the school proves it is not espousing violence or intolerance.
351 days ago - Faced with the ugly task of closing an expected $145 million budget shortfall next year, Fairfax school officials are considering cancellation of the annual salary increase that allows employees to keep pace with the cost of living.
358 days ago - Fairfax County's plan to quantify its illegal immigrant population is nearly impossible, leaders on both sides of Northern Virginia's battle over undocumented workers agree.
359 days ago - Fairfax County Executive Anthony Griffin ordered high-level staff this month to quantify the number of illegal immigrants living in the county and identify what services the county must provide them, according to a memorandum obtained by The Examiner.
360 days ago - A four-decade-old apartment complex in Annandale will become Fairfax County’s latest and most expensive purchase in its program to preserve affordable housing, the county announced this week.
361 days ago - Fairfax County officials unveiled a broad plan on Monday to accommodate the housing, transportation, health and safety needs of a senior population expected to balloon in coming years.
361 days ago - Fairfax County supervisors attacked state transportation officials Monday for what they said was a plan to divert $5.6 million in local highway money to pay for damages awarded in a court ruling.
369 days ago - Southern Fairfax County residents fed up with sending their kids to one of the county’s most overcrowded schools plan to rally this month in the hopes of prompting the construction of a new facility.
372 days ago - The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is set to consider this month a development project that would pack 500 dwellings, new retail space and a 120,000-square-foot theater into the core of Merrifield.
372 days ago - George Mason University has won a $7.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Education to create an online clearinghouse for history educators that is expected to benefit teachers across the country, university officials announced this week.
374 days ago - A Democratic state Senate candidate called Tuesday for tighter controls on private companies that provide student loans, a proposal that his incumbent opponent dismissed as disingenuous.
376 days ago - Fairfax County has resorted to hiring temporary employment firms to fill about a dozen positions in mental health, substance abuse and social service fields, according to a document sent out last week to potential bidders.