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Youngkin Bans TikTok and WeChat, both ‘a channel to the Chinese Communist Party’

By Press Release
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin

Today, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order #24, banning the use of certain Chinese-owned mobile phone applications and websites on state government technology.

The Executive Order bans TikTok and WeChat, and any other applications developed by ByteDance Limited or Tencent Holdings Limited on state government devices and wireless (WIFI) networks and requires businesses who contract with the state government to also prohibit the use of those applications on state-owned devices or IT infrastructure. The Executive Order applies to all Executive Offices and Executive Branch Agencies.

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Law Library Dedicated to Paul Ebert, commonwealth attorney from 1968 to 2019

By Potomac Local News

A sign on the wall of the Prince William County Law Library, recently relocated from the basement to the third floor of the Prince William County Judicial Center, honors former Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul B. Ebert.

The sign states that the library, open to the public, continues the “legacy of service by ensuring access to justice for all.”

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Supervisors fund 2 sidewalk projects

By Potomac Local News
Occoquan, Va.

Prince William County Government press release

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently approved funding agreements with the Virginia Department of Transportation, or VDOT, for a total of $3.25 million to build and administer two sidewalks that will make pedestrians safer in the Town of Occoquan and along Token Forest Drive in the Coles Magisterial District.

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Manassas schools first in region to approve metal detectors

By Potomac Local News
Manassas City School Board member Lisa Stevens

Manassas City Public Schools have become the first in the region to scan students for guns and other weapons.

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VRE approves $191M budget, wrangles with future: ‘Maybe we’ve lost the federal worker for good’

By Uriah Kiser

Ridership projections for Virginia Railway Express were revised to lower for the year, but localities will pay more to fund the state’s only commuter railway next year.

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Swerving and ‘driving unusually slowly:’ Tractor trailer driver charged with DUI

By Potomac Local News
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

Sheriff’s deputies charged a tractor-trailer driver with DUI.

A deputy stopped the driver at 10:56 a.m. on Wednesday, December 15, near the Washington Square Walmart shopping center plaza. Police received reports of a tractor-trailer running off the road and driving unusually slowly.

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Youngkin proposes $1 billion in tax cuts in amended budget plan

By Potomac Local News
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R)

By Madison Hirneisen

(The Center Square) – Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed $1 billion in tax cuts as part of a list of updates he wants to make to the state’s two-year budget, which includes amendments to reduce Virginia’s corporate tax rate and individual income tax rate.

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