Two Rosslyn Improvement Organizations to Merge

Two organizations designed to improve Rosslyn have decided to merge. After 21 years in business, Rosslyn Renaissance (RR) will cease to exist and its urban design work will be taken over by the...

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Fmr. CIA Officer Charged -- Former CIA officer and current Arlington resident John Kiriakou, 47, was charged yesterday with repeatedly leaking classified information to journalists. Kiriakou is...

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Hope Proposes Cigarette Tax Hike -- Arlington's Del. Patrick Hope (D) is planning to introduce a bill that would increase Virginia's relatively low cigarette tax. Unlike past years when Hope has...

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Backyard Chicken Debate Rages On -- Egg-laying hens aren't all they're cracked up to be, according to an Arlington resident whose neighbor had an illegal chicken coop. "I can tell you that I...

Cops, Delegate Shave for Childhood Cancer Research

Del. Patrick Hope (D) joined Arlington County Police Chief Doug Scott and about 20 ACPD officers at Pentagon City mall over the weekend for the third-annual Be Brave and Shave fundraiser for...

Environmental Group Sounds Alarm About N. Va. Smog

Northern Virginia and the rest of the D.C. region ranks as the 6th smoggiest metropolitan area in the country, according to a new report by the group Environment America. Northern Virginia...

Group Wants Pregnant Inmate Shackling Ban Expanded

A group is asking that the state legislature take action to ban the shackling of pregnant inmates at regional and local jails in Virginia. The National Religious Campaign Against Torture is...

Va. Prisons to Ban the Shackling of Pregnant Inmates

The Virginia Department of Corrections will prohibit the shackling of pregnant inmates during labor and post-partum recovery, Del. Patrick Hope announced this morning. Hope introduced a bill...

Mystery Event Revealed, Will Take Place in Ashburn

(Updated at 4:30 p.m.) The formal announcement of a "big" new annual Labor Day event along the W&OD Trail took place in Arlington's Bluemont Park this morning. Few details about the event were...

Del. Hope Decides Against State Senate Run

Del. Patrick Hope will seek reelection to the House of Delegates rather than run for state Senate. The freshman Democrat made the announcement early this morning. "Having stated in the early weeks...

Ebbin Picks Up Endorsements of N. Va. Delegates

The battle lines are still being drawn in the race to replace state Sen. Patsy Ticer. In the battle of endorsements, the current divisions among Democratic candidates are quite clear. Del. Adam...

Brink Declines to Run for State Senate

Del. Bob Brink, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the state Senate seat of the retiring Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, announced this morning that he will not be seeking the Democratic...

Arlington Well-Represented in New State Progressive Caucus

The newly-minted Progressive Caucus of the Virginia General Assembly includes the entire Arlington delegation to the House of Delegates. Dels. Bob Brink, Adam Ebbin, David Englin and Patrick Hope...

Bill to Unshackle Pregnant Inmates Fails, But Policy Change Possible

(Updated at 8:00 a.m. on 2/9/11) A bill that would have prohibited the shackling of pregnant inmates during labor and postpartum recovery has failed in a Virginia House of Delegates committee. The...

Arlington Tax Bill, Capitol Gun Ban on Life Support in Richmond

Arlington's top legislative priority is on life support in Virginia's House of Delegates. As expected, the renewal of a hotel tax surcharge that is responsible for generating Arlington's nearly $1...