James Jarvis

1 week ago | insidenova.com | James Jarvis

Alanna Mensing never pictured herself sitting behind a dais, shaping the future of Manassas Park. She paid attention to local issues, attended meetings and voted in elections. But running for office wasn’t on her bingo card. Then one evening in 2016, while sitting at her computer, an email from then-Mayor Jeanette Rishell landed in her inbox. It was a community newsletter – routine stuff. But one line caught her eye: a call for residents to apply for an open School Board seat or City Council vacancy.

1 week ago | insidenova.com | James Jarvis

Manassas City Council on Monday approved a $511.8 million budget for fiscal 2026 that keeps the real estate tax rate flat but will still result in higher tax bills and utility costs for most residents starting July 1. The council unanimously adopted the budget at its June 9 meeting following a series of hearings and work sessions this spring.

2 weeks ago | 51st.news | James Jarvis

D.C. leaders are weighing some of the most sweeping changes to the city’s public health coverage in years — changes that could disrupt or eliminate coverage for thousands of low-income residents and undocumented immigrants. As part of her fiscal 2026 budget, Mayor Muriel Bowser has put forward a plan to roll back Medicaid eligibility and phase out adult coverage in the city’s Healthcare Alliance Program, which provides health benefits regardless of immigration status.

2 weeks ago | fauquiernow.com | James Jarvis

This article was originally published in the June 2025 issue of Warrenton Lifestyle magazine. Click here to browse an e-edition. Swathi Gaddam and Bala Thangamani of Broad Run started their Happy Vibes Farm in 2022 with very little farming experience beyond growing small vegetable gardens. Some of their education came from trial and error, but they soon realized they needed a lot more information.

1 month ago | fauquiernow.com | James Jarvis

Six Democratic candidates hoping to become Virginia’s next lieutenant governor debated Thursday night, offering competing visions for how the commonwealth should respond to sweeping federal job cuts, economic uncertainty and culture war clashes in public education. The debate, hosted by the Democratic Black Caucus at the A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge and moderated by ABC7’s Kellye Lynn, unfolded in front of a packed room of local residents and broadcast viewers.