Tag: Virginia

The swamp grows? DC population tops 700k for first time since 1975

Dominick Mastrangelo · December 20, 2018 4:29 pm

Pentagon took 17 years to catch worker who stole $1.4 million in bogus overtime pay

Diana Stancy Correll · December 14, 2018 5:07 pm

James Alex Fields Jr., who was charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he rammed his car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Va., was denied bail during his first court appearance Monday.

Neo-Nazi who killed 1, injured 35 in car attack at Charlottesville rally sentenced to life

Katelyn Caralle · December 11, 2018 9:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

The wealthiest counties drink from the swamp

Philip Wegmann · December 10, 2018 11:32 pm

James Alex Fields Jr., who was charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he rammed his car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Va., was denied bail during his first court appearance Monday.

Man who drove car into counterprotesters at Charlottesville rally convicted of first-degree murder

Caitlin Yilek · December 7, 2018 11:17 pm

High school teacher Peter Vlaming chats at a West Point School Board hearing in West Point, Va. The board voted unanimously to dismiss Vlaming, a high school teacher who refused to use a transgender student's new pronouns.

High school teacher fired for refusing to use male pronouns for transgender student

Diana Stancy Correll · December 7, 2018 8:41 pm

A map from the U.S. Census Bureau shows various counties in Virginia (bottom half) and Maryland (top half) within the D.C. metropolitan area.

Circling the Swamp? The five US counties with highest household incomes surround DC

Katelyn Caralle · December 7, 2018 8:14 pm

The father of a North Dakota man who marched in a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend has denounced his son's behavior, saying that "he is not welcome at our family gatherings any longer."

Emails show Veterans Affairs rejected a strong statement on the Charlottesville riot

Maria Biery · December 6, 2018 10:00 pm

Richard and Mildred Loving are shown in this Jan. 26, 1965, photograph.

Robert E. Lee could be replaced by interracial couple in Virginia high school name

Katelyn Caralle · December 5, 2018 2:08 am

Democrat Leslie Cockburn concedes defeat at her watch party at Three Notch'd Brewing Co. in Charlottesville, Va., during election night on Nov. 6, 2018. Cockburn conceded to her Republican challenger Denver Riggleman.

Beltway Confidential

Big money backs environmentalists, time after time

Kevin Mooney · November 29, 2018 7:10 pm

FILE- This Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, shows a view of Washington from a revolving restaurant in Crystal City, Va. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Amazon said it will split its second headquarters between Long Island City in New York and Crystal City. Development along major highways in Northern Virginia and Washington have led to âunreasonable traffic delays on a daily basisâ in the past few years, with drive times that used to take 40 minutes ballooning to up to 90 minutes, said Thomas Cooke, professor of business law at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Amazon’s next challenge in DC is living up to headquarters hype

Joe Williams · November 27, 2018 5:00 am

Amazon Prime Now bags full of groceries are loaded for delivery by a part-time worker outside a Whole Foods store, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Cincinnati.

Beltway Confidential

Mad about Amazon’s corporate welfare? Blame politicians

Adam Brandon · November 16, 2018 10:11 pm