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Surovell: Predatory lending, education equity, and coal ash

By Potomac Local News

The General Assembly has reorganized, added nearly twenty new members, and we inaugurated a new Governor on Saturday.  The 36th District now overlaps with five new state delegates including four new women.  I am looking forward to the new ideas and energy they bring. 

This year brings a long session and a new two-year budget.  The biggest news in Governor McAuliffe’s proposed budget was about $500 million of new education monies, a proposed funding solution for Metro, and $170,000 to finally clean up a derelict barge in Belmont Bay. 

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With this snowstorm, VDOT tells us they’re at a high mobilization level two

By Potomac Local News

VDOT tells us they were monitoring the snow all day Tuesday, and that it did not move into the region as soon as they anticipated. 

When we spoke with Prince William County Residency Administrator Steven Shannon about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, he told us he had multiple trucks on standby, ready to load salt and go.

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A recycling company is giving these high school fashion students get a second chance to show off their wearable art projects after they got snowed out

By Potomac Local News

WOODBRIDGE — Students at Colgan High School‘s Fashion Careers Class were looking forward to showing off some of their more avant-garde work made from newspapers, paperclips, and tape.

“I made a two-piece dress with mostly newspaper and Velcro for the backstrap,” said Madisyn Harrison-Dawson, 17, a senior at Colgan High School located near Woodbridge.

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Sitting next to the Virginia Deputy Transportation Secretary who defended the tolls, Ron Meyer reads aloud emails from angry I-66 drivers

By Potomac Local News

ARLINGTON — At the January meeting of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, Ron Meyer, a Loudoun County Supervisor and NVTC Commissioner tried to lobby the commission to demand a change, or if he had his way, a total abolishment of the new tolls on Interstate 66 inside the Captial Beltway. 

We reported Virginia Deputy Transportation Secretary Nick Donohue was placed in the hot seat during this same meeting, where he took questions from many commissioners — some who were angry, and some who were confused over the new tolling system, the way it was rolled out in December, and why tolls shot up to as high as $44 for a one-way trip.

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1 to 2 inches of snow possible. Maybe 3 inches in some areas.

By Potomac Local News

Here is additional info on the Tue-Wed snowfall. Since this event is 24 hrs (or more) from starting, and there are still some uncertainties, changes to the Winter Weather Advisories (across northern MD and eastern WV) are likely. Stay tuned for updates this evening and tonight. pic.twitter.com/rE1Z0LXBmV

— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) January 15, 2018

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