Government
Loudoun County Treasurer H. Roger Zurn Jr. reminds taxpayers that the deadline for payment of the second-half personal property tax is Thursday, Oct. 5. Payments received or postmarked after Oct. 5 will incur a 10% penalty and interest. Any such penalty, when assessed, will become part of the tax with interest accruing on both the…
Nominations for the Route 28 Highway Transportation Improvement District Landowners Advisory Board are being sought. Members of the board are landowners within the Rt. 28 tax district from Loudoun and Fairfax Counties. In accordance with the Code of Virginia, residents eligible to serve on this advisory board must meet the following criteria: The timeline for…
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will continue to consider potential revisions to the county’s Zoning Ordinance during its ongoing work sessions for the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite (ZOR) project. The next work sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, and Monday, October 2, 2023. Schedule of Work Sessions The September 26 work session is currently…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced the opening of a Virginia-Taiwan Trade Office, Virginia’s first office for economic development in Taiwan. Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Caren Merrick joined Liang-yu Wang, Director General, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and officials from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership for the opening ceremony in…
The Clerk of the Circuit Court’s Jury Management team is sending out 50,000 jury questionnaire postcards to Loudoun County residents in the month of September for the purpose of determining who is qualified for jury duty in Loudoun County in 2024. These mailings have begun will continue through the month of September. Loudoun residents who…
On Sept. 18, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that general fund revenues are ahead of forecast by $204.8 million year-to-date. Among the major sources, general fund revenues are up 3.0 percent year-to-date after adjusting for policy actions. Compared to August 2022, adjusted general fund revenues demonstrate a strong economic position for Virginia. “As we accelerate results…
Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) released the following statement announcing that, amid receiving treatment and regular medical evaluations for Parkinson’s Disease over the course of the past several months, she has received a modified diagnosis of Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy, type-p (PSP-P), a form of Atypical Parkinsonism. As a result, she will serve the remainder of her…
Gov. Youngkin grants pardon to Loudoun parent Whose daughter was sexually assaulted in public school
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has granted an absolute pardon to Scott Smith, the Loudoun County father who was wrongfully prosecuted and convicted for standing up for his daughter at a 2021 Loudoun County School Board meeting after she was sexually assaulted at school. “Scott Smith is a dedicated parent who’s faced unwarranted charges in his pursuit…
Town, federal, and state representatives gathered at the Leesburg Executive Airport on Sept. 5, to celebrate the recent signing of the Tower Operations Agreement between the Town and the Federal Aviation Administration. Two of Leesburg’s Congressional representatives, Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Jennifer Wexton, were in attendance along with Delegates David Reid and Suhas Subramanyam…
On Tuesday, Sept. 5, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited the ADAMS (All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center) Sully Center/ADAMS Compassionate Health Care Network Clinic, in Chantilly, to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs through implementation of the new lower cost prescription drug law (the Inflation…