Government
Loudoun County election officials remind voters of important dates, deadlines and information for the upcoming general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Early Voting starts Friday, Sept. 19: First day of early voting at the Office of Elections and Voter Registration, 750 Miller Dr. SE, Suite 150, Leesburg, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday -Friday. (Note: The office…
A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept.17 at 6:45 p.m. in the Harmony Middle School cafeteria in Hamilton to discuss a proposal that would rezone 117 acres of land along Purcellville Road for industrial development. The meeting is being hosted by Michael Romeo, the applicant representative for the Valley Commerce Center project. The…
Loudoun County is reminding operators of short-term rentals in Loudoun that they are required to comply with the county’s rules and regulations surrounding short-term rental properties. A short-term rental is a property rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days for dwelling, sleeping or lodging purposes. Operators of short-term rentals in Loudoun County are required to:…
The State Corporation Commission has scheduled public hearings on a proposal by Dominion Energy to build electric transmission facilities in eastern Loudoun that include the 500- and 230-kilovolt Golden to Mars transmission lines and the 230-kilovolt Lockridge and Sojourner loops. Loudoun County filed a notice of participation in Dominion Energy’s application to the SCC, which allows the…
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division won significant remedies in its monopolization case against Google in online search. In United States et al. v. Google, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibited Google from entering or maintaining exclusive contracts relating to the distribution of Google Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and the Gemini app; ordered…
The next Meet the Mayor event with Mayor Kelly Burk will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pupatella Pizza, 350 East Market Street, in Leesburg. Meet the Mayor events provide an informal setting for residents and stakeholders to share ideas, concerns, and ask questions to the Mayor. “One…
Loudoun County’s Youth in Government Day for the 2025-2026 school year will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Douglass Community Center and the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg. Youth in Government Day is a unique program designed to engage high school juniors and seniors with the workings of…
At the end of August, Gov.Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera joined State Superintendent of Public Instruction Emily Anne Gullickson and leaders from the Virginia Board of Education and Virginia Department of Education to announce notable improvements in the Standards of Learning test results in Math and Reading in the 2024-2025 school year. The…
By Grace Bennett On Friday, Aug. 15, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam held a job fair on George Mason University’s Science & Tech Campus, inviting those impacted by the Trump administration’s mass firings to secure future careers. The event took place over the course of three hours and saw a flood of jobseekers. “We got over a…
By Grace Bennett On August 12, the Loudoun County School Board assembled to discuss its noncompliance with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights in order to determine its next steps. The result was a loss of over $50 million in federal funding. According to Policy 8040, the generalized policy addressing the rights…