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October 20, 2026

Virginia

Northern Virginia, from Arlington and Alexandria to Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William: county boards, schools, data centers and development, transportation, and the Richmond decisions that land on the region’s doorstep.

The Ellen M. Bozman Government Center, home of the Arlington County Board, in the Court House neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia.
Virginia

Arlington weighs raising its private-property towing fee to the $210 state maximum

The Arlington County Board will hold a November hearing on raising the trespass towing fee from $160 to as much as $210, the cap under Virginia law, months after its last increase drew a lawsuit from a towing operator.

[…]

Aerial view of large data center buildings among commercial buildings near Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Virginia

Loudoun supervisors vote today to lock in a yearlong pause on data center rezonings

Loudoun County supervisors are scheduled to formalize a pause of up to 12 months on board action on data center and substation rezonings while the county finishes new rules. Grandfathered by-right projects are not affected.

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