Fairfax County wants Virginia officials to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to make the Dulles Rail extension’s Metro stations more accessible to walkers, bus riders and motorists.

Local and state agencies have returned more than $8 million of $24 million in refunds of unconstitutional taxes, but there are already signs taxpayers will have trouble getting all their money back.

The Alexandria City Council unanimously adopted a budget Monday night that includes tax and fee increases on everything from real estate and trash collection to restaurant meals and ambulance trips.

The Alexandria City Council is expected Monday night to raise a slew of taxes on items ranging from meals and hotel stays to real estate.

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The Dulles Rail project’s largest source of funding remains threatened by a lawsuit being considered by the Virginia Supreme Court, despite its resurrection this week

The Associated Press asked a circuit judge Wednesday to require West Virginia's Supreme Court to comply with the state's Freedom of Information Act by releasing e-mails, visitor logs and other records of its chief justice.

Gov. Tim Kaine said Tuesday he likely will announce his long-awaited transportation funding plan “sometime in the next 10 days” and that it may include tax increases on fuel and auto sales to pay for new road construction and maintenance.

Few commuters have taken their traffic complaints to the Internet superhighway to chronicle local fury over millions of lost road revenue under a video campaign organized by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority.

Fairfax County supervisors on Monday approved a grocery list of tax and fee increases meant to counter an escalating economic downturn, along with a slightly shrunken budget.