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.
Reston Board of Governors Members Appointed
Paul Thomas, Laurie Dodd and Beverly Cosham to serve on Reston Community Center board.
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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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Nice Work If You Can Get It
Eight Alexandria city officials pull in more than $200,000 a year.
.Alexandria does not have the top-paid government officials in the region. But it certainly doesn’t have the poorest, either. According to information received in a Freedom of Information Act request, Alexandria’s City Manager, Mark Jinks, pulls in a cool $288,000 a year. That’s at the top end of the range for local government chief appointed managers and administrators who oversee governments with a population of 100,000 or more, according to an annual survey conducted by the International City/County Management Association.
Demand Curve in Alexandria
Labor shortage and housing shortfall lead to affordability crisis.
The number of jobs in the region is on the rise, a trend that will only be exacerbated when Amazon brings 25,000 new jobs to town. Meanwhile, unemployment in Alexandria is at about 2 percent, so low that it’s essentially full employment.
One School, One City in Alexandria
School Board abandons plan to build a second high school, avoids dividing students.
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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.
School Board Candidates Debate in Great Falls
Town Hall Debate at Forestville Elementary attracts full-room audience; no one was indifferent.
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