Tag: Taylor Holland

Feds deny funding for Columbia Pike streetcars

Feds deny funding for Columbia Pike streetcars

Taylor Holland · April 12, 2013 4:00 am

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments reverses support for gun control following local outcry

Taylor Holland · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Gun control divides D.C. region

Taylor Holland · April 9, 2013 4:00 am

Activists are pushing back against City Manager Rashad Young's plans to close one of the city's four pools, a move that would save an estimated $92,000 in operating costs that would help cover Alexandria's $31 million budget gap. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Alexandria group seeks tax hike to save Warwick, other city pools

Taylor Holland · April 8, 2013 4:00 am

Alexandria City Manager Rashad Young has proposed a 10-cent increase in the city's cigarette tax, raising it to 90 cents a pack, the highest tax rate in the state. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Alexandria mulls lifting cigarette tax, extending parking meter hours

Taylor Holland · April 7, 2013 4:00 am

In this April 5, 2013 photo, the USS Arlington sits dock in its new home port at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. The Navy commissioned the USS Arlington in front of about 5,000 people in its new home port of Naval Station Norfolk. The amphibious transport dock is one of three ships named after 9/11 crash sites, and 200 pounds of steel salvaged from the Pentagon's wreckage have been forged into a pentagon to be put on a permanent display aboard the ship in a memorial room. The ship also has 184 gold stars throughout the ship in honor of those who died when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham) MAGS OUT

Ship commissioned to honor 9/11 Pentagon victims

Taylor Holland · April 6, 2013 4:00 am

Dumfries officials’ feud gets personal, goes public

Dumfries officials’ feud gets personal, goes public

Taylor Holland · April 4, 2013 4:00 am

Prince William County joins chorus calling to cut COG funds over gun stance

Prince William County joins chorus calling to cut COG funds over gun stance

Taylor Holland · April 3, 2013 4:00 am

Average weekly wages for employees in the Washington area fell drastically from the third quarter of 2011 to the same period in 2012, according to the latest data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Workers across D.C. region see weekly paychecks shrink

Taylor Holland · April 2, 2013 4:00 am

Arlington County school officials are urging the county to raise taxes next year even higher than now planned to help local schools prepare for an expected enrollment surge. (Photo: Examiner file)

Arlington schools seek bigger tax hike to cover spending

Taylor Holland · April 1, 2013 4:00 am

Construction of the "Tyson's Central 7" station, Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Friday, Nov 18, 2011

Building boom fuels region’s economic rebound

Taylor Holland · March 31, 2013 4:00 am

Fairfax County residents unenthusiastic about custom county license plates

Fairfax County residents unenthusiastic about custom county license plates

Taylor Holland · March 30, 2013 4:00 am