Fairfax County’s efforts to support additional affordable housing may have received an unexpected boost from the recently passed federal budget reconciliation act.
County officials are working through the details, but the changes in federal law could represent “a significant step forward” in financing affordable housing, Tom Fleetwood, director of the county’s Department of Housing and Community Development, told the Board of Supervisors at a housing committee meeting yesterday (Tuesday).
With the odds in favor of Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshaw moving on to Congress, the race to replace him on the Board of Supervisors has quietly kicked off.
Ilryong Moon, a veteran of the Fairfax County School Board, intends to pursue the Braddock Supervisor position if Walkinshaw wins election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Moon confirmed to FFXnow.
Due to budget cuts, the Fairfax County Police Department is no longer offering free child car seat installations and inspections.
The department officially terminated its child safety seat program this past Tuesday (July 1), which marked the first day of fiscal year 2026.
The future of an acclaimed program that gives local students real-world construction management skills may hinge on finding enough open space to build more houses.
At a June 24 meeting, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay urged his colleagues to scout for potential tracts of land to continue the collaboration between Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the Foundation for Applied Technical Education (FATE) and industry partners.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is seeking the county circuit court’s approval for a $460 million school bond referendum to be included on the Nov. 4 ballot.
The Fairfax County School Board formally requested on June 12 that the supervisors approve a referendum, a request that was granted without comment at a board meeting last Tuesday (June 24).
Fairfax County leaders remain uneasy about the Virginia Department of Transportation’s proposed I-495 Southside Express Lanes project and the possible impact of widening the highway on residents of neighboring communities.
The Board of Supervisors agreed to send a five-page letter to Virginia Secretary of Transportation W. Sheppard Miller III on Tuesday (June 24) detailing its concerns.
Fairfax County leaders hope to soon have a better gauge of how much they’re getting back from tax revenue sent to Richmond.
The Board of Supervisors voted yesterday (Tuesday) to direct County Executive Bryan Hill and staff to return before the end of the year with an analysis of how many local tax dollars flow to the state government, and how much comes back.
A study of how to reduce the impact of airplanes on Fairfax and nearby communities has found that it would help to have fewer planes flying over Fairfax and nearby communities.
Two years after getting hired to identify strategies to reduce the noise impact from Reagan National Airport (DCA) on nearby localities, the consultant Vianair has reported back with findings that basically mirror what local governments have been saying for years.
Drivers who seriously injure or kill a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Fairfax County will now face the potential of jail time, under changes set for approval this week.
The Board of Supervisors is slated to approve a slew of amendments to the Fairfax County Code today (Tuesday), bringing local laws into alignment with changes made by the General Assembly.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently lauded the Friends of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter for reaching its 20th anniversary.
The nonprofit, which supports the animal shelter through fundraising, celebrated the occasion by bringing a number of adoptable shelter dogs to the Board Auditorium on June 10.
