Budget in Transition
$881 million budget proposal unionizes firefighters, ditches Confederates, maintains tax rate.
Expenditures for the Alexandria Fire Department are expected to grow about 8 percent largely based on unionization of its workforce. The Department of Transportation and Environmental Services is setting aside $60,000 to replace street signs currently celebrating Confederate military officials. And half a million dollars has been set aside in contingent reserves for City Council members to load up the budget with their proposals ahead of the May 3 deadline. But none of those things are likely the first question that will be asked about the budget proposal for fiscal year 2024.
Ramadan Events in the Libraries
Ramadan Events in the Libraries
Arlington/Alexandria Environmental Briefs
Arlington/Alexandria Environmental Briefs
Alexandria Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Thousands of Fentanyl Pills
Alexandria Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Thousands of Fentanyl Pills
Campaign Launched
Campaign Launched
Successfully Aging on Their Own Terms
Fairfax Village in the City helps residents stay in their homes.
Fairfax Village in the City helps residents stay in their homes.
‘Celebrate Spring and Support a Good Cause’
Fundraiser planned for Syrian earthquake rescue workers.
Fundraiser planned for Syrian earthquake rescue workers.
Alexandria Symphony Presents Rite of Spring & Grieg Piano Concerto
The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra (ASO)
Redevelopment of Rose Hill Shopping Center Meets Opposition
There is even a coalition against it.
There is even a coalition against it.
Cereal Is Not Just for Breakfast
New food place in the Springfield Town Center is all about cereal.
New food place in the Springfield Town Center is all about cereal.
Flourishing After 55 in Arlington
After 55
Family Caregivers in Virginia Provide $14.3 Billion in Unpaid Care
Latest AARP research attaches $15.51 per hour value to the estimated 920 million hours of unpaid care that family caregivers provided in 2021.
Healthcare
2023 Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County
Twenty-seven individuals and groups work for peace.
Peace Awards
Uncertainties in the Spring Air
Independent Progressive column
