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‘Hula Girl’ to Open Shirlington Restaurant — The founder of the Hula Girl food truck, which specializes in Hawaiian style food, will be opening a new brick-and-mortar restaurant in the former...
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Traffic Switch on Columbia Pike — VDOT crews will open a new ramp from Washington Blvd to Columbia Pike tonight. Crews will also activate a new traffic signal on the Pike and remove an old one. The...
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New House Bill Takes Aim at Predatory Towing
Arlington may stand to benefit from a bill in Congress intended to help localities tackle predatory towing. Congressmen Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today reintroduced The State and...
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Arlington Unemployment Down — The unemployment rate for Arlington County residents fell below 3 percent in April. The jobless rate fell to 2.9 percent from 3.1 percent in March. Arlington has the...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders to Speak in Arlington
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is scheduled to be a special guest speaker at a policy forum in Arlington next week. The discussion, entitled “Rebooting Our Policy Agenda...
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Library Book Returned 34 Years Later — A teen novel has been returned to the Wakefield High School library 34 years overdue. The book, “The Underside of the Leaf,” was last checked out in 1981....
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The following letter to the editor was submitted by Kathleen McLean, an Arlington resident who lives near Tuckahoe Elementary School. As a constituent in Virginia’s 8th district who cares deeply about...
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Beyer Participates in House Sit-In — Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) was among the Democratic members of the House of Representatives participating in a sit-in for gun control. Beyer gave a speech on the House...
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Local Elected Officials Praise Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling
Arlington’s elected officials are speaking out in favor of today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion. Rep. Don Beyer, County Board member Katie Kristol and U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine —...
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Reaction to Clinton’s Pick of Kaine as Running Mate
On Friday, Hillary Clinton announced that Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) was her VP pick, capping months of speculation about the Democratic presidential nominee’s running mate. The announcement rippled...
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Rep. Beyer Touts Clinton’s Support for N. Va. Infrastructure Fixes
(Updated at 4:25 p.m.) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would help fix Memorial Bridge and the Metro system if she is elected president, local congressman Don Beyer said today. Speaking...
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Some Receiving Duplicate Tax Bills — A large number of Arlington homeowners have received duplicate tax bills from the county. “As you can imagine, we have heard from many concerned taxpayers today,”...
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Beyer Blasts ‘Anti-Environment’ Cabinet Picks
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is unhappy with the environmental implications of president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. In a statement last night, Beyer blasted Trump’s picks for EPA administrator,...
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Beyer to Discuss ‘The Road Ahead’
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is inviting the public to join him in an evening of open discussion at an event he has dubbed “The Road Ahead.” Beyer says many Arlington residents have contacted his office...
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CivFed Approves Marijuana Resolution — The Arlington County Civic Federation has approved a resolution in support of legalizing medical marijuana in Virginia. [WJLA, InsideNova] Beyer Opposes ‘Holman...
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JUST IN: FAA Scraps DCA Flight Plan Changes
The Federal Aviation Administration is scrapping a proposal to shift the northerly flight path from Reagan National Airport closer to Rosslyn, according to Rep. Don Beyer’s office. The FAA sought...
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Beyer Warns of Obamacare Repeal Ramifications — “The Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act will have disastrous consequences for Virginia,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) said Friday, citing...
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Beyer Won’t Participate in Inauguration — Don’t expect to see Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) at the inauguration of Donald Trump nor at any celebratory inaugural events. Beyer says he “will not be part of...
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Beyer: Federal Hiring Freeze Is Not Putting ‘America First’
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is blasting President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing federal government hiring. Beyer said federal hiring freezes make government less effective, hurt state and local...
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Va. Officials on Immigration Order — President Donald Trump’s executive order barring those from seven Muslim nations from entering the U.S. has caught the ire of Arlington’s Democratic congressional...
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