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Fairfax City considers expanding ban on guns in public places
Four years after voting to prohibit firearms on public property, the Fairfax City Council is contemplating whether to expand those restrictions. At a city council meeting on Tuesday (June 24), Fairfax leaders took a preliminary look at the 2021 ordinance and planned further discussion for another meeting on July 22. The adopted ordinance prohibits the possession, carrying or transportation of firearms and ammunition in City buildings or facilities, public property or permitted events.
Henrico Doctors' Hospital settles with 4 more families in NICU abuse case
A judge in Salem has approved settlements for four additional victims who suffered injuries as newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. David Carson, a judge in Salem Circuit Court, approved two settlements Thursday and two Friday. Since last week, the hospital has agreed to pay nine children and is arranging settlements for two more. Carson has allowed the financial value of the settlements to remain private.
Warner: Trump bill will be ‘political albatross’ for Republicans
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that President Trump’s megabill will be a “political albatross” for Republicans back at home. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan noted that the GOP tax and spending bill, which just cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Saturday night, includes some policies that Democrats have championed. “You can put as much lipstick on this pig as you want. This will be a political albatross for the Republicans,” Warner said, suggesting the individual policy add-ons don’t justify supporting the bill overall.
Mark Warner decries ‘outrageous’ ouster of University of Virginia president
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday the Trump administration was “doing damage to our flagship university” after the University of Virginia’s president resigned after pressure from the White House over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. James E. Ryan, who had served as the university’s president since 2018, announced his resignation Friday amid the Justice Department’s ongoing probes into DEI practices at schools around the nation. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Warner defended Ryan and predicted that other universities will not be exempt from the administration’s goals.
Beyer announces reelection bid, pledging to wield influence to keep fighting Trump
Rep. Don Beyer is pursuing another term in office, promising to keep fighting “abuses of power” while his party plots strategies to take back Congress. The Democrat representing Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, which includes all of Arlington, acknowledged to ARLnow that his party has struggled to resist dramatic policy changes under President Donald Trump while Republicans control the legislature.
Big crowds turn out to vote in Fairfax County
Voters across Fairfax County showed up in large numbers Saturday to cast ballots in party primaries that will decide who advances to a special election this September for Virginia's 11th Congressional District seat. The seat was left open by longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who passed away May 21 after a battle with esophageal cancer. . . . Voters on both sides expressed enthusiasm and a sense of civic duty. "It's exciting," said Dan Clark, a Republican from Laurel Hill. "I've never missed a vote since I turned 18, and I'm not about to miss one now."
Republicans nominate former FBI agent in race to succeed Gerry Connolly
A former FBI staffer who said at a forum last Sunday (June 22) that he supports President Donald Trump “a hundred percent” will be the GOP’s nominee for a Fairfax-area Congressional seat this fall. Stewart Whitson will advance to face the Democratic nominee in a Sept. 9 special election for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, local Republican officials announced this Saturday.
James Walkinshaw wins Democratic nod in Congressional special election
Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshaw is now one election away from succeeding his political mentor in Congress. Walkinshaw bested nine other candidates in a firehouse primary to secure the Democratic nomination for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, local party officials announced Saturday shortly before midnight. He advances to face Republican nominee Stewart Whitson in September’s general election.
Walkinshaw wins Democratic nomination for Virginia’s Eleventh Congressional District
Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw beat out nine other candidates in a contentious firehouse primary on Saturday to become the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District in Northern Virginia. His opponent in the general election will be the Republican nominee, Stewart Whitson. “I’m honored and humbled to have earned the Democratic nomination for the district I’ve spent my career serving,” Walkinshaw said in a statement Saturday night.
Dem Walkinshaw, GOP's Whitson to vie for Connolly's congressional seat
Democrat James Walkinshaw, who spent a decade as Rep. Gerry Connolly's chief of staff, will face Republican Stewart Whitson, a U.S. Army veteran and former FBI special agent, in a Sept. 9 special election to fill the seat of the late Northern Virginia congressman. Walkinshaw, a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors since 2020, prevailed in a 10-candidate field in Saturday's Democratic nomination contest that included state Sen. Stella Pekarsky, D-Fairfax, and Del. Irene Shin, D-Fairfax. ... In the GOP nominating contest, Whitson prevailed in a field of seven candidates that included Mike Van Meter, who lost to Connolly by about 34 percentage points in 2024.