Go Vote in Fairfax County! Election Day Is Nov. 5.
It matters more than ever; do your part, don’t miss this chance.
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Off-Year Campaign Cash
Money from Alexandria will help shape Election 2019.
More than $3.5 million in campaign cash has an Alexandria mailing address this election cycle, a spending spree that reflects the stakes this year’s election. Control of the House of Delegates and state Senate is at stake, and partisans on both sides are trying to influence the outcome.
Netherlands Carillon To Be Restored and Elevated
The addition of three bells will elevate its status to ‘grand carillon.’
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NRA Serves As Backdrop for Gun Violence Prevention Rally
Giffords PAC endorses Fairfax County candidates for statewide office.
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More Students, Fewer Dollars
Schools are bursting at the seams while trying to do more with less.
.Enrollment is up, and funding is down. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, which looked at funding and staffing trends at every school division in Virginia.
High Interest, Big Money
Lenders of last resort in Alexandria try to buy influence in Richmond.
Alexandria has eight car-title lending locations and two payday lenders, plus a growing number of companies offering online loans at nosebleed interest rates. It’s an industry that’s been under fire in recent years, and now campaign-finance disclosures show these companies are spreading their money around to Democrats and Republicans in an effort to influence the next General Assembly.
Fairfax County Candidates Speak Out at Forum
Vying for county chairman and at large school board member.
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