Alexandria City Council members may finally have cleared away the obstacles to the construction of a new waterfront hotel that could change the face of Old Town.

Join us for our weekly review of the politics, policies and personalities of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

The Virginia State Senate reinstated the state gas tax in an amended transportation funding plan passed Wednesday, setting up high-level negotiations on the issue in the coming weeks.

Union membership in Virginia continued its decades-long decline, tracking, but well below, union membership nationwide.

The Virginia House of Delegates voted to protect the identities of concealed-carry permit holders on Tuesday, an amendment that still has to pass the state senate.

The police chief of Richmond, Va., has resigned on Tuesday following allegations that his lack of oversight allowed singer Chris Brown to fake his way through court-mandated community service.

Kojo and Tom Sherwood chat with Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat running for governor in Virginia, and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D).

For those seeking information from Arlington County Police, the process can be expensive, and sometimes it can remain off limits altogether.

We learn about how transportation became the "third rail" of Virginia politics, and what's likely to happen on the issue in Richmond this year.

U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) and D.C. Council Member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) join the Politics Hour gang in the studio.