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Published February 19, 2025 at 9:00AM

Gov. Glenn Youngkin discusses concerns about sweeping federal workforce cuts at a Feb. 18, 2025 press conference (via Governor of Virginia/Facebook)

A majority of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors criticized Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday (Tuesday) for backing the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce, warning that the sweeping cuts could undermine the economy of Fairfax County and, by extension, Virginia.

Led by Chairman Jeff McKay, the mostly Democratic board suggested that Youngkin, a Republican, could support President Donald Trump’s goals or the people in Virginia he was elected to represent, including thousands of federal workers and contractors, but not both.

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Herrity backs federal workforce cuts, breaking from other Fairfax County supervisors

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 12, 2025 at 9:45AM

The White House (via René DeAnda on Unsplash)

The Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to whittle down the federal workforce have found favor with at least one Fairfax County elected official.

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, the only Republican on the county board, revealed earlier this week that he “fully” agrees that the federal government’s “size and scope” needs to be reduced, claiming that there’s a “broad consensus across America” in support of a downsizing.

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Herrity leads GOP lieutenant governor candidates in fundraising, but trails Democrats

By Jared Serre

Published January 29, 2025 at 11:15AM

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity (photo via patherrity.org)

It hasn’t taken long for Fairfax County’s own Pat Herrity to become the GOP’s top fundraiser in the lieutenant governor race.

The 64-year-old’s campaign announced more than $200,000 in total contributions within a week of its Jan. 3 launch, handily surpassing the $645.53 raised by Williamsburg businessman John Curran, who was the first Republican to declare his candidacy for Virginia’s second-highest statewide office.

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Fairfax County board backs plan to convert vacant hotel into family shelter

By James Jarvis

Published January 16, 2025 at 9:45AM

The Extended Stay America hotel at 3997 Fair Ridge Drive is planned for conversion into an emergency shelter (via Google Maps)

Fairfax County’s plan to transform a shuttered hotel in the Fair Oaks area into an emergency family shelter has cleared a major hurdle, but the county’s planning commission will have the final say later this month.

The Board of Supervisors voted 9-1 on Tuesday (Jan. 14) to allow the former Extended Stay America at 3997 Fair Ridge Drive to be repurposed as a public facility. Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity was the lone dissenting vote.

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NEW: Supervisor Pat Herrity announces run for lieutenant governor

By Jared Serre

Published January 3, 2025 at 10:15AM

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity (via Fairfax County)

Fairfax County’s top Republican policymaker is entering the race for lieutenant governor.

Pat Herrity, who has represented the Springfield District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for more than 15 years, formally announced his candidacy for the office this morning (Friday).

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Gov. Youngkin cites Fairfax cases in bid to pressure localities to assist ICE

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 20, 2024 at 11:15AM

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces a budget proposal on Dec. 12, 2024 that would require localities to comply with federal immigration detainers or lose funding (Photo by Austin Stevens, Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin)

Undocumented immigrants in Fairfax County and elsewhere in Virginia could face threats on two fronts in the new year, with both national and state elected leaders proposing policies targeting that population.

As incoming president Donald Trump plans mass deportations, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin unveiled a budget proposal this week that would require local governments to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and withhold funding from those with cooperation-limiting policies, including Fairfax County.

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FCPS agrees to teacher pay raises in union contract, but county might struggle to fund them

By James Jarvis

Published December 6, 2024 at 9:45AM | Updated December 6, 2024 at 10:50AM

Tina Williams, president of the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, speaks at a rally prior to a public hearing on a proposed ordinance to allow collective bargaining of county government workers (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

With Fairfax County facing another major budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year, local public school leaders are once again confronting difficult decisions regarding teacher pay raises.

This time, though, there’s a twist: Fairfax County Public Schools has a tentative agreement with the Fairfax Education Unions representing teachers and other employees that includes a roughly $150 million request for a 7% across-the-board pay hike for educators and support staff.

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SCOOP: Pat Herrity mulling run for lieutenant governor, could decide in coming weeks

By Jared Serre

Published November 21, 2024 at 9:45AM

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity at the groundbreaking for Inova's Franconia-Springfield Hospital (staff photo by James Cullum)

Fairfax County’s most prominent Republican policymaker is mulling a run for statewide office.

Pat Herrity, the lone conservative voice on the county’s Board of Supervisors, will announce within the next two months whether or not he will seek the office of lieutenant governor next year, he told FFXnow.

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County board to honor all faith communities instead of proposed church heritage day

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 28, 2024 at 1:15PM

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity (via Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution last Tuesday (Oct. 22) honoring the importance of faith communities in the county. But it was a far cry from the intent of the measure’s initial sponsor.

Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, the board’s lone Republican, attempted to convince his Democratic colleagues for the second board meeting in a row to declare Nov. 21 as Church Heritage Recognition Day in the county.

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Springfield planning commissioner lauded for four decades of service to community

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 25, 2024 at 9:45AM

Peter F. Murphy (via Fairfax County)

When Peter F. Murphy joined the Fairfax County Planning Commission, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, Marie Travesky was Springfield District supervisor and the county was home to about 640,000 people — half a million fewer than today.

The year was 1982, and when Murphy was appointed as the commission’s Springfield District representative that December, few might have anticipated the changes he would witness and, in many cases, help shape across Fairfax over the course of two generations.