Both states are ahead of the national average. West Virginia is currently one of the leading states in the nation in terms of COVID-19 vaccination rates while Virginia is still behind. According to an article from The New York Times, 16.3% of the West Virginia population has received at least one dose of the vaccine […]
Written by Benjamin M. Litchfield Our nation is on the cusp of an unprecedented eviction crisis. As many as 28 million Americans may face eviction between now and the end of September. To put that into perspective, 10 million Americans lost their homes during the Great Recession. Those tragedies were spread over the course of […]
The Prince William County Government announced in a press release on Wednesday that they will begin offering in person and online library services beginning on Monday, June 15, 2020. According to their statement, officials have put measures in place to protect employees and the public when conducting business, and they are taking public health and […]
Great news for community service-based organizations looking for assistance during this pandemic. The Prince William Area Disaster Fund’s application period opened. The fund was created as the combined disaster relief and recovery effort for the Greater Prince William area (The City of Manassas, The City of Manassas Park and Prince William County). The fund is administered by […]
Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order 62 on Tuesday, allowing specific localities in Northern Virginia to delay entering Phase One of the “Forward Virginia” plan to ease restrictions on certain business operations that were put in place in response to the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Northam stated that Virginia as a whole may enter Phase […]
Supervisors Margaret Angela Franklin, Victor Angry, and Andrea Bailey sent a letter to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) on Monday urging for better multi-lingual outreach and more resources to communities of color to combat COVID-19. Recent data from the VDH shows that the Woodbridge District zip codes 22191 and 2193 have the highest COVID-19 […]
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors adopted its fiscal year 2021 budget in their meeting on Tuesday. The $1.7 billion budget was based on a flat real estate tax rate of $1.125 per $100 of assessed value. A flat tax rate means it will remain the same as the fiscal year 2020 tax rate. […]
The Coronavirus pandemic has changed how everyone lives their life day to day. People have to work from home. Small businesses can’t afford to stay open. High schools and colleges have been forced to move classes online. But there are larger implications for students than just the effects of online classes. As schools across the […]
Governor Ralph Northam on Friday invoked his statutory authority to postpone the May General and Special Elections by two weeks, from May 5, 2020 to May 19, 2020. Earlier this month, Northam recommended moving the May elections to November, which required action by the General Assembly. The House of Delegates approved the measure, but the […]
According to data from the Virginia Department of Health, Black people account for an imbalanced number of Coronavirus deaths that have been reported within the Prince William County area. As of Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 17 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the Prince William Health District, and eight of those who died with the […]
