By Brian Trompeter
The Washington region’s economy is not doing horribly, but isn’t performing anywhere near as well as it could, according to retired George Mason University economist Stephen Fuller.
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By Brian Trompeter
A Great Falls group home has drawn the ire of neighbors who say the facility offers services exceeding those approved by the Fairfax County government and lets its charges wander around the vicinity.
As if there are not enough hands reaching into taxpayers’ wallets, the Fairfax County School Board may want to add itself to the list.
In what effectively already is a dead duck for the 2024 session, Fairfax School Board members in their lengthy list of General Assembly priorities are calling for “fiscal autonomy” for elected School Boards across the commonwealth.
The Fairfax County Democratic Committee will hold its once-every-two-years reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Oakton High School.
At the meeting, elections will be held for leadership posts. The filing deadline for those seeking positions is Dec. 27 at 5 p.m.
By Brian Trompeter
Faced with their last potential off-ramp for a joint project with Fairfax County to build a new Patrick Henry Library and an adjacent parking garage with some municipal-parking spaces, Vienna Town Council members kept their feet on the accelerator Dec. 4 and voted unanimously to forge ahead with the initiative.
Fairfax County’s unemployment rate held steady from September to October, part of a generally flat trend across the region as summer gave way to autumn.
With 646,247 counted in the civilian workforce and 17,181 looking for jobs, Fairfax’s unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in October, according to figures reported Nov. 30 by the Virginia Employment Commission.
By Brian Trompeter
Buoyed by narrow Democratic majorities in both General Assembly houses, two Vienna-area legislators hope the progressive bills they are drafting will pass and possibly meet with the Republican governor’s approval as well.
By Brian Trompeter
Fairfax County taxpayers ponied up hundreds more dollars this year to finance higher county and school budgets, and based on information delivered Nov. 28 to county leaders, they should brace themselves to do the same thing next year.
November apartment-seekers in Tysons ended up paying a little less than those on the hunt a month before, but more than those who were seeking leases a year ago.
The median one-bedroom rent of $2,024 and median two-bedroom rent of $2,420 added up to a decrease of 1.1 percent month-over-month but an increase of 0.7 percent year-over-year in Tysons, according to figures reported Nov. 28 by Apartment List.
By Brian Trompeter
Seeking operational efficiencies and ways to combat a paramedic shortage, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department over the past three years has modified how it staffs, dispatches and delivers emergency medical services.