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Fairfax sees jump in number of unemployed residents with latest state data

Published April 14, 2025 at 2:30PM

Virginia unemployment rate from February 2023 through February 2025 (via Virginia Employment Commission)

The number of Fairfax County residents counted as unemployed and looking for work in February spiked 17% from the same month in 2024 in new data.

The city and county-level unemployment figures released by the Virginia Employment Commission last Thursday (April 10) kickstarted what could be a series of punishing monthly jobless reports in coming months, as the D.C. region begins to adjust to the ripple effects of the Trump administration gutting the federal government and tariff-related uncertainty.

Fairfax County leaders get initial, hazy look at scope of federal government cuts

By Scott McCaffrey

Published March 12, 2025 at 2:30PM

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority president and CEO Victor Hoskins (screenshot via Fairfax County)

Recent actions by the Trump administration are heightening the urgency of the Fairfax County and the D.C. area’s longtime goal of reducing their reliance on federal government employment and spending.

With mass worker layoffs, contract cancellations and potential real estate sales promising significant economic upheaval, local and regional leaders may have no choice but to “think and act differently,” according to Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Julie Coons.

Space industry to descend on Tysons for inaugural summit

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 16, 2024 at 2:45PM

The inaugural Northern Virginia Space and Satellite Summit will take place at Boro Tower in Tysons on Jan. 18, 2024 (courtesy Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce)

The first-ever Northern Virginia Space and Satellite Summit is about to launch in Tysons.

Organized by the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce, the event will bring space industry leaders and experts to the Womble Bond Dickinson office in Boro Tower (8350 Broad Street, Suite 1500) on Thursday, Jan. 18.