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TSA officers finally get paid amid ongoing Homeland Security shutdown
Most Transportation Security Administration officers received a paycheck Monday covering four weeks of back wages that were held up by the funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security, a TSA spokesperson said.

Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of voters during the upcoming midterm elections.

After bills passed, NoVa lawmakers urge SCC to consider burying transmission lines
Two legislators representing a sprawling county in the northern region of the commonwealth asked the State Corporation Commission last week to consider burying high-voltage transmission lines, after bills that would initiate a pilot program for the proposed lines passed the General Assembly.

ALEC: Virginia 14th in energy retail price
Virginia is 14th in energy affordability in the Energy Affordability 2026 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Immigrant charged in 2nd Fairfax County stabbing in 35 days
Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, from Guatemala, is charged in Sunday’s incident in Bailey’s Crossroads.

Offshore wind project begins generating power
Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project has begun delivering electricity to the grid, marking a key milestone as construction continues off Virginia’s coast.

Fairfax casino bill advances, others stall
Virginia lawmakers wrapped up the session with mixed results on gambling legislation, advancing a Fairfax casino proposal while other measures stalled.

Virginia order sets new election rules, rejoins ERIC
Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order Tuesday to rejoin a multi-state voter data system and set new rules for how voter rolls are reviewed and maintained.

Airport chaos: TSA agents skip work, security lines expand, Trump sends in ICE to assist
Airport security workers missed work Monday at the highest rate since a partial government shutdown began in mid-February, the Department of Homeland Security said, and the Trump administration sent immigration officials to some airports in an attempt to keep lines moving.

A new look at blue crab cannibalism in the Chesapeake Bay
A decades-long study reveals widespread crab cannibals in northern areas of the bay.










