By MARK DUDENHEFER
Delegate, 2nd District
On Tuesday, March 5, Congressman Gerry Connolly and Jim Moran introduced legislation to study the extension of Metrorail from Franconia-Springfield to eastern Prince William County. The extension would include an addition to the Blue Line along Interstate 95 through Woodbridge to Potomac Mills, and the Yellow Line down the U.s. 1 corridor in Prince William County.
Local Voices Square Off on Higher Taxes, Business Development
By URIAH KISER
By CINDY BROOKSHIRE
For Potomac Local News
MANASSAS, Va. — Leaders from Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park wrangled with pressing issues like sequestration’s impact on the area, and how to fund transportation, at Wednesday “State of Prince William.”
By JESSICA DAHLBERG
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Reading the news this week can be a little like reading the story of Chicken Little. Except in this story, the sky is not falling – the sequester is coming.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — On their fifth try Tuesday, Prince William officials approved a hotly debated new property tax rate to advertise to the public. Now the rate will be debated once more at a public hearing scheduled in April.
Here’s more in a press release from Prince William County:
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — First, Prince William Corey Stewart said he wanted to cut both President’s Day and Columbus Day from the list of paid holidays for county employees.
Those are two of 12 paid holidays bestowed on county employees, and cutting them would save money and put the county’s employee calendar more on par with that of the federal government.
By ALLISON LANDRY
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A bill to ban minors 14 and younger from tanning at a tanning salon has been killed for this legislative session.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – In a show of bipartisanship, Delegate Luke Torian, D-Prince William, says he supports improvements to school safety in Virginia following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
More in a press release from Torian:
By PAIGE BAXTER
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A Senate committee Thursday shot down the “Tebow bill” aimed at allowing home-schoolers to participate in public schools’ sports and other extracurricular activities.
By AMBER GALAVIZ
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – State officials joined gay rights activists at a press conference on Valentine’s Day to discuss their disappointment in the failure to repeal Virginia’s constitutional ban against same-sex marriage.
