By Susan Robinson
After a long and difficult budget process, County and School Board members, staff and citizens heave a sigh of relief and move on. Decision makers balanced demands for services against limited resources. But still, Arlington faces some persistent headwinds:
By Rip Sullivan
Imagine this: a family of three living in Arlington County. The father and mother work hard at hourly wage jobs, cleaning hotel rooms and working at a fast food restaurant to try to make ends meet.
By Stacy Snyder
Repetition is part of the process I follow as a potter.
By Kelley Coyner
When I first came to Arlington as a college student I stayed to launch a career, lured my city-centric fiancé to the suburbs and returned from graduate studies and other adventures. Back then Metro worked and walking and driving worked pretty well for me and my husband.
By Sally J. Duran
Arlington is a dynamic place and a lot of economic development happens within our small borders.
By Laura Saul Edwards
Arlingtonians used to say that rising enrollment in our public schools was “a good problem to have.”
By Anne O’Brien
Child care in Arlington costs more than college–and not all families are lucky enough to find a spot.
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By Brook Schaeffler, Emma Johnston and Cynthia Dillon
By Graham Weinschenk
On March 23, 2017, three young women from Wakefield High School attended the Arlington School Board meeting.
The 2020 Census is probably not anybody’s idea of a sexy topic. But ensuring an accurate 2020 Census count is vital to both getting the number of congressional seats a state deserves and to the day to day effective functioning of government.
As we currently sit, the upcoming 2020 Census is going to be a disaster.
By Alfonso Lopez
Last week the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill, HB 1257, to prohibit any locality in Virginia from adopting an ordinance, procedure or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
By Takis Karantonis
Four major corridors cut across Arlington — Columbia Pike, Crystal City-Route 1, the Rosslyn-Ballston (R-B) corridor and Lee Highway. “Corridor development” has been at the core of Arlington County’s growth strategy. Our “Main Streets” have merited dedicated policy focus and resources, starting with the development of Metro in the 1970s along the R-B corridor and Crystal City.
