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Fairfax County Times |  The 35-day shutdown that brought much of the federal government to a standstill in January has mostly left front pages and cable news cycles, supplanted by more recent crises, but for many workers and businesses in Northern Virginia, the pain of that experience still lingers almost four months later. A special police officer for 17 years, Tamela Worthen… Read more »

CNN |  A painting of two migrant children holding a sign that reads "Bring Our Mom Back" will hang in the US Capitol for the next year as one of the winners of the Congressional Art Competition for high school students. Dominick Cocozza, 17, of Virginia made the painting -- titled "Immigration" -- which features two concerned-looking children holding the sign. He… Read more »

ABC News |  President Donald Trump is still fighting Congress over the release of his tax returns, but a new report on Tuesday analyzing his official Internal Revenue Service tax transcripts, with the figures from his federal tax forms, shows he lost over $1 billion from 1985 to 1994.   The documents show Trump's businesses lost $1.17 billion over the 10 years,… Read more »

ARL Now |  A powerful painting about immigration by a Yorktown High School student is now set to hang in the U.S. Capitol. The art features two young children looking to the side with pinched expressions while one of them holds a sign that reads, “Bring Our Mom Back.” The artist behind the work is 17-year-old Dominick Cocozza, who notes on his website that his passion… Read more »

The Hill |  An Arlington, Va., teen's painting depicting migrant children is set to hang in the U.S. Capitol for the next year after winning this year's Congressional Art Competition.  The painting, submitted by 17-year-old Dominick Cocozza, depicts two young children with forlorn expressions, one of whom holds a sign reading “Bring our mom… Read more »

WyoFile |  An influential cattlemen’s group is trying to rescind a U.S. Interior Department big game migration route protection order that brought $3.2 million to Wyoming in the last three months. The 121-year-old National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says stockmen and women haven’t been considered in the program spawned by former Secretary of the Interior Ryan… Read more »

Fairfax News |  All members of the National Capital House Congressional Delegation, led by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), have reintroduced the Metro Accountability and Investment Act, which would provide up to $2 billion of federal funding for Metro over a ten-year period. The measure reauthorizes an existing federal capital funding source and provides new federal capital and… Read more »

EOS |  The U.S. House of Representatives today (2 May) approved legislation that directs President Donald Trump to honor the nation’s commitments under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, despite Trump’s earlier pledge to withdraw the United States from the accord. The Climate Action Now Act, formally known as House Resolution 9, requires the administration to… Read more »

Washington Post | The Washington region’s House members renewed an effort to extend and double Metro’s federal subsidy Friday, hoping that the measure would receive a more positive reception now that Democrats control the chamber. The nine members filed a bill that is almost identical to one proposed last year by area Democrats during the previous Republican-led Congress,… Read more »

WTOP |  The National Park Service traffic safety study is expected to begin gathering input from community members to address safety concerns along the southern end of the George Washington Parkway, just south of the Capital Beltway, this summer. But one congressman wants it done faster. The goal is to then have a plan outlined by October. Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer,… Read more »