A U.S. State Department building in Rosslyn might be going up for sale amid ongoing federal spending cuts.
The office building at 1801 N. Lynn Street, home to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was among 443 federal properties identified as “not core to government operations” in a federal list posted yesterday.
A recent spike upward in the number of price cuts in the Arlington housing market could be connected to local and regional economic anxiety.
A key expert in the field tells ARLnow the data will be worth watching, but it is still too early to tell whether it is a one-time blip or the start of a more significant trend.
As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency continues to make cuts, we’re wondering how Arlingtonians are feeling about the implications for our area.
Despite lower approval ratings for President Donald Trump, a somewhat chaotic rollout that has complicated budget talks, and a number of backtracks on cuts, DOGE is continuing unabated. There are some early signs across the river that the cuts could inflict real economic pain locally — from rising unemployment in D.C. to grim warnings of budget shortfalls for the city.
On the other side of the Potomac, Virginia as a whole gets 3.4% of its employment from the federal government. More than 10% of Arlington’s workers, meanwhile, are employed as civilians in the federal government.
Given some of the early warning signs in D.C., and our reliance on the federal government for the local economy here in Arlington, how are you currently feeling about the implications of DOGE cuts?
Amid federal budget-slashing efforts, Falls Church officials are keeping a watchful eye on about $50 million in approved grant funds.
So far, “we have not heard any word of adverse actions on those grant projects,” City Manager Wyatt Shields told City Council members Monday night.
Over 200 people packed a standing-room-only town hall yesterday (Tuesday) to discuss how federal workforce cuts are personally impacting Arlington residents.
The event for federal employees and contractors came as Arlington County is considering an $11.5 million increase to its budget stabilization reserve in response to ongoing federal shake-ups.
George Mason University’s law school has removed webpages related to diversity, equity and inclusion, sparking student criticism and casting doubt on the future of related programs.
Pages related to Antonin Scalia Law School’s DEI Task Force, DEI Advisory Board and overall approach to diversity have vanished following a Feb. 14 letter from the U.S. Department of Education taking aim at such programs.
Falls Church city officials continue to do their best to evaluate the local impacts of federal downscaling and a barrage of other decisions coming out of the White House.
“It’s different every day,” said Cindy Mester, the city’s community relations and legislative affairs director.
Mass resignations, layoffs and turmoil within the federal workforce present sweeping and potentially unprecedented challenges for Arlington’s economy, experts say.
As President Donald Trump’s plans to dramatically shrink the federal government have begun to take shape in recent weeks, so have projections for wide-ranging economic fallout throughout the D.C. area.
The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Arlington Public Schools’ policies around transgender students.
The federal department announced this week that it is investigating five Northern Virginia school districts, including APS, following a complaint from America First Legal.
Return-to-office mandates at Amazon and in the federal government could provide an economic boon to Arlington, experts say.
As President Donald Trump’s executive order to end many remote-work arrangements sent shockwaves through federal workplaces last week, Amazon employees this month also began working five days a week at HQ2.
The appointed co-heads of a new “Department of Government Efficiency” are hoping to massively cut the federal workforce.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy announced their intention to help President-elect Donald Trump nullify thousands federal regulations. That would then allow “mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy.”
Arlington County government offices will be open but those in Falls Church, along with the state and federal governments, will be closed this Monday, Oct. 14.
The federal and state governments observe the day as Columbus Day. The state government also marks it as Yorktown Victory Day.
