While Virginia officials say that a new north-south highway connecting I-95 to Route 7 would help ease traffic congestion, critics contend that the commonwealth's own numbers show that no significant congestion is expected without it.

Officials in Alexandria are taking a stand against expansion of a hazardous materials facility on the city's border with Fairfax County.

A seven-percent increase in residential property taxes will help pay for a new elementary school and improvements to the city's historic downtown.

The leader of the Richmond Tea Party says his group is among those targeted by the IRS over its status as a non-profit.

The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers, has been buried in a Muslim cemetery in central Virginia.

D.C. Council Member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada (D) join Kojo and Tom Sherwood in the studio.

The race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli may be about the issues for now, but it's certain to turn ugly later this year.

Local leaders in Northern Virginia are raising property taxes, stoking fears that the area may become more expensive and less competitive.

Residents and officials in one part of Fairfax County are debating what type of development and transportation they want and expect—urban or suburban?

D.C. Taxi Commissioner Ron Linton and Nicholaus Kipke, the new minority leader of the Maryland House of Delegates, join us in studio.