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Fairfax expected to approve lease renewal for Saudi school
- Fairfax County supervisors are expected Monday to extend the lease of a Saudi prep school whose curriculum came under fire from a federal panel last year.
Virginia transit plan may be headed for tax-killing panel
- A Virginia House of Delegates panel known for sending tax bills to their graves could be the first — and possibly last — stop for Gov. Tim Kaine’s $1.1 billion transportation funding package, legislators and staffers said.
Early Dulles Rail work gets millions from feds
- Federal transportation officials have opened up $159 million for early work on the Dulles Rail project, allowing managers to commit part of a critical infusion of federal funding to clearing the path of the Metro extension.
Kaine begins tour to tout $1.1B roads plan; Dems rebut criticism
- Gov. Tim Kaine embarked on a statewide tour Tuesday to boost public support for his transportation funding plan before the $1.1 billion set of taxes and fees reaches the legislature in June.
Kaine proposes $1.1 billion tax increase for roads and rail; receives tepid support
- Gov. Tim Kaine proposed a series of tax increases Monday to help pay for the state's expanding highway maintenance deficit and pump new money into road and rail projects, but quickly ran into opposition from House Republican leaders and only tepid support from Senate Democrats.
Gas tax increase missing in Kaine’s plan
- Gov. Tim Kaine had a conspicuous omission from the bundle of tax increases he rolled out Monday: No increase in the state gas tax.
Schools, Belvoir chiefs spar over base realignment
- The Army and Fairfax County school officials have made little progress in forging a consensus on the number and destination of incoming students who can be expected when the military shifts 19,000 new jobs to Fort Belvoir.
County hopes new sign campaign will energize Richmond Highway
- A Fairfax County economic development group hopes to install dozens of signs along Richmond Highway in the hopes of guiding visitors to commercial and historic areas, the latest move in a mission to revitalize the aging seven-mile corridor.
Fairfax County school board projects thousands of new students next year
- The population of Fairfax County’s school system will balloon next year by more than 2,000 students, recent projections show, causing a new financial shortfall and countering notions that growth in student enrollment had begun to flatten.
- The population of Fairfax County’s school system will balloon next year by more than 2,000 students, recent projections show, causing a new financial shortfall and countering notions that growth in student enrollment had begun to flatten.
Fairfax County communities question flood protection plan
- Environmentalists and residents in flood-ravaged southern Fairfax County communities have begun to raise new concerns over the details of popular but uncertain flood protections.
Fairfax County projects thousands of new students to start next year
- The population of Fairfax County’s school system will balloon next year by more than 2,000 students, recent projections show, causing a new financial shortfall and countering notions that growth in student enrollment had begun to flatten.
Cold War Museum runs into financial difficulties
- A planned Fairfax County museum dedicated to the Cold War has reached a critical shortage of funding after a potential $200,000 grant dried up this year amid state belt-tightening, the museum’s founder said.
Audit: Emergency agency lacks own recovery plans
- The state agency tasked with coordinating disaster recovery in Virginia lacks plans to get up and running should a catastrophe strike its own offices, according to a recent audit that also found a host of accounting and turnover problems.