High Interest, Big Money
Lenders of last resort in Alexandria try to buy influence in Richmond.
Alexandria has eight car-title lending locations and two payday lenders, plus a growing number of companies offering online loans at nosebleed interest rates. It’s an industry that’s been under fire in recent years, and now campaign-finance disclosures show these companies are spreading their money around to Democrats and Republicans in an effort to influence the next General Assembly.
Alexandria City Council Puts Seminary Road on a Diet
City slims four-lane thoroughfare into Complete Street with bike lanes.
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Know Your City: Civic Engagement in Alexandria
A look about patterns of civic participation and non-participation across the city.
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‘Challenge of Our Generation’ in Alexandria
Planning Commission approves stricter building, open space regulations, citing climate change.
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DASH, Union Reach Tentative Agreement
It gives local bus drivers wage and benefit parity with Metro, averts strike during Metro shutdown.
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Virginia Senate Minority Leader Faces Two Primary Challengers
Dick Saslaw hasn’t had a primary challenge since the 1970s; now he has two.
The last time Senate Minority Leader Dick Saslaw had a primary opponent, Jimmy Carter was in the White House and the Bee Gees were at the top of the charts. This year, for the first time since 1979, Saslaw has primary opposition. Not just one opponent, but two.
Delay T.C. Williams Lights Or Risk Costs
Plaintiffs say schools’ installation schedule may risk spending money twice; schools disagree.
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Alexandria Council Approves ‘Hugo Black House’ Alterations
Rejects opponents’ view that state-held preservation easement should apply.
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