300 days ago - State Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis furthered her efforts to paint herself as a moderate Republican running in a Democratic-trending district Thursday by trotting out party-hopping New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who endorsed her at a Herndon hotel.
349 days ago - Herndon day laborers plan to march today in protest of the closure of a taxpayer-funded center that has for two years served as their meeting point for employers. The Town Council last week voted to close the controversial site effective Friday, a move proponents said will end a government-sponsored employment hub for illegal immigrants. Critics, however, argue the site’s closure only sends workers back onto the street and undoes an effective solution to a public problem.
356 days ago - Northern Virginia's Dulles corridor, mainly known for its Internet firms and other high-tech businesses, will be home to a major automaker next year. Volkswagen of America Inc. announced Thursday it would relocate its headquarters to a 185,000-square-foot office park in Herndon just off the Dulles Toll Road by December 2008.
357 days ago - Herndon officials plan to shut down a labor center that has for two years divided the small town and become a national focal point in the debate over illegal immigration. The decision throws into question the future of the Hispanic day workers who gather at the site to find employment.
377 days ago - The fate of a Herndon ordinance that forbids employers from seeking day laborers anywhere but a site on Sterling Road is in question after the town council moved to overhaul the controversial center.
378 days ago - The Herndon Town Council on Wednesday renewed a permit that will allow its controversial day labor center to stay open until a new operator who will check immigration status can be found.
391 days ago - Loudoun County may consider opening a day labor center if the neighboring town of Herndon bans illegal immigrants from using its controversial facility.
392 days ago - The future of Herndon’s embattled day labor site will be decided this month as the Town Council mulls whether to dismantle the center or renew a permit that two years ago thrust the town into the middle of a national immigration debate.
398 days ago - The leaders of Virginia anti-illegal immigration groups that successfully lobbied Prince William and Loudoun counties’ elected officials to consider policies that discourage illegal immigrants from residing there are assisting similar fledgling organizations in other Virginia locales and in Maryland.