Politics

Prince William Democrats deny request from police chief to urge governor to amend traffic bill; Gov. amends, anyway

By Uriah Kiser

Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors failed to back their chief of police after he voiced concerns about a bill that would make it impossible for his officers to stop cars that do not have a working head, tail, or brake lights.

Citing safety concerns for drivers and pedestrians, Acting Police Chief Col. Jarad Phelps on Tuesday told Supervisors that if the bill signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam (D), the fact that a vehicle doesn’t have working lights would no longer be a good enough reason to stop a driver.

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Ebony Lofton seeks Dumfries Town Council seat as write-in candidate

By Rick Horner
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Three seats are up for grabs on the Dumfries Town Council on November 3, and Ebony Lofton, the current President of the South Cove Homeowners Association, is running a write-in campaign to win one.

Potomac Local News asked Lofton about why she is running and what she believes she can bring to the table.

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Republicans running for Manassas City Council blast tax hikes

By Uriah Kiser

Three Republican candidates seeking a seat on the Manassas City Council say they’ll stay focused on small businesses and reduce the tax burden on city residents who pay the second-highest property tax rate in Virginia.

Harry Clark, a city resident of nearly 30 years, is making his first run at elected office. Since 2002, he’s served on multiple city boards and commissions to include the Planning Commission and the Board of Equalization.

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Dale City delegate plans to reintroduce quarantine pay bill

By Local News
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Del. Elizabeth Guzmán (D-Fauquier, Dale City) said she is no stranger to the struggles of low-paying jobs. Guzmán said she immigrated to the United States from Peru as a single mother and worked multiple minimum wage jobs just to be able to pay rent and care for her daughter.

Guzmán has a mission to secure better financial benefits for minimum wage workers, but she said it’s not going as planned.

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New poll shows Virginia voters support police reform

By Potomac Local News

A recent poll finds Virginia voters strongly support police reform and nearly half of respondents say Joe Biden would handle the pandemic better than President Donald Trump.

The Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University released the poll Sept. 29 following a poll earlier that month which found Biden is leading Trump by 5 points among the state’s likely voters.

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Thousands in our region have already cast their absentee ballots

By Uriah Kiser
Democrats staked multiple signs outside the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas as absentee in-person voting got underway during the November 3, 2020 General Election. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Early voting is underway across the state, and in our region, thousands have already went to the polls to cast their ballots.

In Prince William County, nearly 3,300 people cast their ballots over Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19, respectively. The county’s office of elections has polling places set up at

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