Amy Gardner

Metro/Virginia Desk

Articles by Amy Gardner

Oak Hill Rises From The Ashes of Foreclosure (July 24, 2008)

Code Enforcers Crack Down on Illegal Boardinghouses (July 10, 2008)

Webb Withdraws as Possible Vice President Pick for Obama (July 8, 2008)

Where the Car Is King, Tysons Faces a Dilemma (July 5, 2008)

As Beltway Widens, Neighbors Battle for Buffers (July 3, 2008)

Fairfax Will Buy Foreclosed Properties (July 1, 2008)

Jolted by HOT Lanes' Start (June 24, 2008)

Board Seeks Input on Islamic School (June 24, 2008)

Swim Clubs Struggle to Stay Afloat (June 24, 2008)

Both Parties Proclaim Boost for November From Primaries (June 12, 2008)

Connolly Wins 11th District Primary (June 11, 2008)

Va. High Court Revives Dulles Toll Road Suit (June 7, 2008)

Political Group's Negative Fliers Fan a Heated Primary Campaign (June 6, 2008)

Board Weighs Suing State Over Crowded Jails (June 3, 2008)

In Va., Not Just Votes Are At Stake (May 31, 2008)

E-Mail Backing Connolly Raises Questions (May 29, 2008)

He's Retiring, but His Task Is Far From Over (May 29, 2008)

Plan to Remake Tysons Corner Envisions Dense Urban Center (May 29, 2008)

Kaine Endorses Connolly for Congress (May 21, 2008)

Fairfax May Offer Deal On Foreclosed Homes (May 20, 2008)

Tysons Tunnel Supporters Raise Money to Continue Fight (May 20, 2008)

House Panel to Delay Work on Two Projects (May 16, 2008)

Connolly's Job With Contractor Complicates Antiwar Stance in Fairfax Race (May 16, 2008)

The Road Best Traveled (May 15, 2008)

Tysons Tunnel Group Running Out of Steam (May 6, 2008)

A Debate Over What Revived Dulles Rail (May 5, 2008)

Dulles Rail Still Has Miles to Go, Hurdles to Clear (May 2, 2008)

Metro Extension Plan Revived, But Officials Include Conditions (May 1, 2008)

Growth Policies Are Key as Seven Contend for 3 Seats (May 1, 2008)

Dulles Rail Set to Get Federal Approval (April 30, 2008)

Supervisors Pass Budget, Draw Criticism From Teachers (April 29, 2008)

N.Va. Hit With Cost Of School Migration (April 28, 2008)

Contenders Reach to the Left in House Race in Va. (April 26, 2008)

Fairfax Prepares to Raise Tax Rate As Region's Fiscal Outlook Darkens (April 22, 2008)

County To Assist Homeless (April 10, 2008)

Fairfax Might Raise Property Tax Rate to Help Schools (April 6, 2008)

GMU to Construct $30 Million Hotel and Conference Center (April 3, 2008)

N.Va. Conservative to Run for Attorney General (April 1, 2008)

Proposal To Boost Housing In Fairfax (March 29, 2008)

Key N.Va. Campaign May Peak In Primary (March 12, 2008)

Supervisors Weigh Naming Government Center After Davis (March 11, 2008)

Supervisors Considering 3-Cent Tax Rate Increase (March 11, 2008)

Damage From Downturn May Be Worse Than Expected (March 9, 2008)

Kaine and Peters Praise Efforts to Resolve Dispute Over Dulles Rail (March 8, 2008)

New Face Winning Hearts in Va. GOP (March 3, 2008)

Army Narrows Realignment Alternatives To 3 Properties (February 28, 2008)

Fairfax Bid To Divert New Transit Funds Sparks Uproar (February 27, 2008)

Fairfax Budgets for Lean Years Ahead (February 26, 2008)

2 Top Republicans Try to Jump-Start Dulles Rail Plan, Raising Some Hopes (February 16, 2008)

Campaigns Cover the Region In Last Effort to Charm Voters (February 12, 2008)

As Crunchtime Arrives, All-Out Appeal in Region (February 11, 2008)

Some See Funding Woes as Chance to Fix Flaws (February 10, 2008)

Va. Race a Litmus Test for McCain (February 9, 2008)

Connolly to Run for Congress, 'High Expectations' in Tow (February 7, 2008)

U.S. Input Sought to Save Rail To Dulles (February 2, 2008)

Va.'s Davis To Leave Congress at End of Term (January 31, 2008)

Kaine Raises The Specter Of Higher Dulles Tolls (January 30, 2008)

Va. Gains Time to Save U.S. Funding for Dulles Rail (January 29, 2008)

Private Interest In Rail To Dulles (January 28, 2008)

The Dulles Rail Death Knell (January 27, 2008)

Contradictions Surface in Dulles Rail Talks (January 26, 2008)

Dulles Rail Project All but Dead (January 25, 2008)

Va. Officials Frustrated By Delays in Dulles Rail (January 24, 2008)

Federal Qualms Leave Dulles Rail at Risk (January 17, 2008)

Supervisor Calls for Stronger Anti-Blight Effort (January 8, 2008)

Budget Writers Hear Requests For More Mental Health Funds (January 4, 2008)

County Aims to Keep School Aid Flowing (January 3, 2008)

Connolly To Study Run for U.S. House (January 2, 2008)

Events Near and Far Overshadow Bush's Agenda (January 2, 2008)

Bush Signs Bill to Pressure Sudan, Letting States and Localities Curtail Investments (January 1, 2008)

Bush Plans to Veto Defense Policy Bill (December 29, 2007)

Bush Condemns Bhutto Assassination (December 27, 2007)

In Franconia, a House Divided (December 27, 2007)

An 8th Term? Tom Davis Silent, but Others Aren't (December 25, 2007)

Tysons Planners Thinking 'Circulator' (December 20, 2007)

Businesses Will Fight Immigration Legislation (December 15, 2007)

Officials Fear Dissolution of Transportation Package (December 13, 2007)

Fairfax Faces $220 Million Shortfall (December 12, 2007)

D.C. Tax Scandal Triggers Reviews (December 10, 2007)

After Years Capturing Area History, Museum to Upgrade (December 6, 2007)

Tunnel Loses Backers as Landowners Unite for Growth (December 2, 2007)

Democratic Gun Rights Activists Seek Senate Power (November 18, 2007)

Newport News Guardsman Dies of Wounds Inflicted by Iraqi Bomb (November 16, 2007)

Can Va.'s Davis Team Divorce Themselves From Politics? (November 10, 2007)

In the Ballot Booths, No Fixation on Immigration (November 7, 2007)

Immigration, Democratic Shift Compete to Steer Va. Elections (November 4, 2007)

Davis Gets a Boost From the Big Apple (November 2, 2007)

Democratic Trend a Hurdle For Cuccinelli's Loyalists (November 1, 2007)

Moderate Challenger Takes on Old Hand (November 1, 2007)

Candidates' Party Lines Blur, But Stakes Are Clear in Richmond (November 1, 2007)

Parties Prepare Final Punches (October 31, 2007)

Voting Flier Mix-Up Ignites Debate Over Intent (October 30, 2007)

Candidate Cries Foul Over Mailing (October 27, 2007)

Davis Confirms He Won't Seek Senate Seat (October 26, 2007)

Davis Won't Try to Seek Warner Seat, Sources Say (October 25, 2007)

Davis to Offer More Details on Whether He'll Run (October 23, 2007)

Fairfax Races Seen As Crucial To Senate (October 21, 2007)

Fairfax Studies Denial of Services to Illegal Immigrants (October 17, 2007)

Woman Sent to Jail in Boardinghouse Case (October 16, 2007)

Springfield Faces Competition for 6,200 Army Jobs (October 11, 2007)

Out of Hospital, Warner Jumps Into Talk of Successor (October 6, 2007)

John Warner Treated For Abnormal Heartbeat (October 4, 2007)

Affordable Housing Changes Questioned (October 4, 2007)

Republican Senator, Foe Seek Gay Vote (October 3, 2007)

Warner In Hospital With Heart Problem (October 3, 2007)

Some in Fairfax Public Housing Make Six Figures (September 30, 2007)

Va. Muslim Activist Denies Urging Violence (September 29, 2007)

Gang Crimes Have Fallen In Fairfax (September 22, 2007)

Lights, Camera, Ads (September 20, 2007)

Welcoming Change in Merrifield (September 20, 2007)

Wife's Reelection Race a Barometer for Davis (September 17, 2007)

Moran Upsets Jewish Groups Again (September 15, 2007)

Bipartisan Proposal Would Cut $300 Million (September 14, 2007)

Former Va. Gov. Warner Set to Seek Senate Seat (September 13, 2007)

Cuccinelli Struggles to Appease Conservative Base in Fairfax (September 6, 2007)

As Dulles Rail Staggers, Players Share in Blame (August 29, 2007)

N.Va. Transit Authority May Impose Taxes, Judge Rules (August 29, 2007)

Rail Projects at the Mercy of U.S. Agency (August 27, 2007)

Massacre at Virginia Tech Prompts Security Upgrades at Local Colleges (August 23, 2007)

Growing Cost Could Jeopardize Federal Funds (August 21, 2007)

Killings Focus Attention on Security at Colleges (August 18, 2007)

Harbor View Faces Crisis Over Sewage (August 9, 2007)

Revitalization Efforts Come in Baby Steps (August 5, 2007)

U.S. House Provision May Imperil Extension (August 3, 2007)

Va. Is Warned Of Budget Gap (August 2, 2007)

Hyland's Daughter Discovered in Shadow of 'Frankenhouse' (August 2, 2007)

Democrats Try to Turn Anger Over Fees Into Votes (August 1, 2007)

Va. Courts Brace for Avalanche of Bad-Driver Cases (July 29, 2007)

Army-Va. Deal Cuts Jobs Headed For Belvoir (July 27, 2007)

A Neighborhood's Ounce of Prevention (July 19, 2007)

N.Va. Area Braces for Life After Callahan (July 10, 2007)

Senate Race Defies Labels (July 5, 2007)

Neighbors Fault Fairfax on Housing (July 1, 2007)

Path of Diminished Potential (June 27, 2007)

Allegiances Shift From Red to Blue In Fairfax (June 21, 2007)

Fairfax Votes For Overhead Metro Link To Dulles (June 19, 2007)

If Tunnel Is Not an Option, Fairfax Intends to Vote for Plan B (June 17, 2007)

Allen's Endorsement Still Counts On Republican Fundraising Circuit (June 14, 2007)

Moderates Defeated In Va. Primary (June 13, 2007)

Connolly's GOP Challenger: No Donations From Developers (June 8, 2007)

Insider vs. Outsider in Race For Springfield Supervisor (June 7, 2007)

Airports Authority Signs Deal to Initiate Transit Project (June 7, 2007)

Supporters of Metro Tunnel Face Uphill Climb With Board (June 5, 2007)

Politician's Priorities Live On in Son's Race (June 3, 2007)

Fairfax Pushes Affordable Housing (May 31, 2007)

Fairfax Officials Are Waist-Deep in Complaints (May 29, 2007)

Fatal D.C. Club Shooting Prompts Closing, Questions (May 28, 2007)

Loophole On Home Additions Targeted (May 24, 2007)

County to Curb Big-Box Stores (May 22, 2007)

Fairfax Ponders Restrictions on Big-Box Stores (May 18, 2007)

House Delays Army Plan to Move Jobs to Ft. Belvoir (May 18, 2007)

Isolation Defined Cho's Senior Year (May 6, 2007)

Caffeinating a Community (May 3, 2007)

Incumbents Easily Returned to Council (May 2, 2007)

Braving Tysons Corner on a Bicycle Seat (April 22, 2007)

An Isolated Boy in a World of Strangers (April 21, 2007)

Where Harry Most Enchants (April 17, 2007)

Typical Bill Would Increase 4% if Rate Request Is Granted (April 11, 2007)

No Funds Allotted Yet to Manage Traffic During 2 Major Projects (April 10, 2007)

Own Offices Mock Plan For 'Green' Fairfax (April 3, 2007)

Board Offers Pay Raise, Induces Registrar to Stay (March 29, 2007)

Kaine Strengthens Environmental, Rate Protections in Electricity Legislation (March 28, 2007)

Kaine's Road Plan Increases Borrowing (March 27, 2007)

In Swelling Herds, A Growing Risk (March 25, 2007)

Natural Pet Foods Grab Attention (March 25, 2007)

Behind Closed Doors, Hoping for Open Minds (March 22, 2007)

High Cost Puts Metro Extension In Jeopardy (March 16, 2007)

Eco-Friendly Initiative Proposed For Fairfax (March 15, 2007)

Dense Development Sought Near Transit (March 13, 2007)

Fairfax Candidate Fights For More Diverse Board (March 11, 2007)

Kaine Maps Ideas for Roads (March 8, 2007)

Brash, Scrappy Senate Minority Leader Savors Role in Budget Battle (February 23, 2007)

State Passes Dominion-Backed Overhaul (February 23, 2007)

Va. House To Teens: 'Hang Up And Drive' (February 22, 2007)

Merck to Stop Pushing to Require Shots (February 21, 2007)

Va. Senate Approves Red-Light Cameras (February 21, 2007)

Surprising Unity on Va. Hospital Visit Bill (February 19, 2007)

House Passes Payday Lending Reform Bill Without a Rate Cap (February 17, 2007)

Negotiators to Seek Transportation Deal (February 15, 2007)

Speaker Irked by Vote on Roads (February 14, 2007)

Power Line to Track Existing N.Va. Route (February 13, 2007)

Drugmaker Assists In Pushing for Mandate For HPV Vaccination (February 11, 2007)

Red-Light Cameras Approved By House (February 6, 2007)

Va. Senate, House Parse Kaine Budget (February 5, 2007)

Lawmakers Hanging On as Hope for Deal Fades (February 3, 2007)

Va. Transportation Deal Withers in Senate Panel (February 2, 2007)

Senate Finance Panel May Derail GOP Transit Plan (February 1, 2007)

Tobacco Giant Reasserts Itself as Calls for Va. Smoking Ban Grow (February 1, 2007)

Raid Puts Harsh Light on Rural Va. (January 28, 2007)

Kaine's Growth Plan Dealt Blow in House (January 25, 2007)

In Nod to Foes, Dominion to Revisit Route Options (January 24, 2007)

Va. Delegate Proposes Juneteenth Measure (January 23, 2007)

GOP Delegates Reject Giving Redistricting Job to Impartial Panels (January 20, 2007)

State, Local Policing Authority Is Sought (January 18, 2007)

Fury Over Delegate's Remarks on Slavery (January 17, 2007)

More Restrictions Urged On Gun-Show Purchases (January 16, 2007)

Transportation Needs Intersect With Cultural Divide (January 14, 2007)

6 GOP Supervisors Seek Reelection (January 9, 2007)

Tysons Developer Sues Dominion Over Power Line Proposal (January 7, 2007)

Itemized Tax Bill as Wake-Up Call (January 7, 2007)

Loudoun Forms New Tax District To Pay for Fire, Rescue Services (January 7, 2007)

Richmond Takes On New Year, Old Issues (January 4, 2007)

1-Year Building Freeze, Largely Symbolic, Packs a Message (January 4, 2007)

A Freeze on Rezonings Gets a Chilly Reception (December 24, 2006)

Loudoun Supervisors Approve Hefty Pay Raises for 2008 Board (December 20, 2006)

Tiny Town Faces Huge Budgetary Shortfall (December 18, 2006)

Developer Sues Over Rejection of Housing Proposal (December 15, 2006)

Innkeepers Are Spared Event Limit (December 14, 2006)

Owners Divided Land Ahead of Tighter Rules (December 13, 2006)

Supervisors Decide to Keep Budget Options Open (December 10, 2006)

Board Restricts Building (December 6, 2006)

On Downzoning, Each Hearing Is Like the Others (December 3, 2006)

If Home Needs TLC, The County Can Help (December 3, 2006)

Kaine Starts Fresh Push For Transit Funding (November 28, 2006)

Loudoun Businesses Say Tax Deal Didn't Work (November 27, 2006)

Route 28 Link Stays For Now (November 26, 2006)

Revenue Pinch in Loudoun's Forecast (November 22, 2006)

Would-Be Dulles South Developers Still Wait Hopefully (November 19, 2006)

Disease, Dissent Don't Stop Snow (November 19, 2006)

GMU Misled Board, York Says (November 12, 2006)

For Now, Loudoun Curbs Dulles Growth (November 12, 2006)

Helmets May Become Law For County Children (November 9, 2006)

Loudoun Supervisors Quash Dulles South Project (November 9, 2006)

Wolf, Moran, Davis Retain Their Seats (November 8, 2006)

Loudoun to Consider Smaller Dulles South (November 6, 2006)

Playing Both Sides Of Dulles South Fence? (November 5, 2006)

In Key Suburbs, Anger, Apathy On Senate Race (November 5, 2006)

In Uncertain Final Days, Feder and Wolf Battle for Swing Vote (November 4, 2006)

Record Numbers Casting Absentee Ballots in Va. (November 3, 2006)

Rep. Wolf May Face Toughest Campaign (November 2, 2006)

Sole Survivor Taking His Leave (October 29, 2006)

Coed Vote Brings Legal, Financial Repercussions (October 22, 2006)

Has Tulloch Had a Dulles Change of Heart? (October 22, 2006)

GMU Hits Stumbling Block in Plan for Campus Near Dulles (October 22, 2006)

Feder Spars With Wolf Over Iraq, GOP, Traffic (October 18, 2006)

Officials Reexamine Traffic in Dulles South (October 15, 2006)

Wolf vs. Feder Becomes Race to Watch (October 14, 2006)

Disappearing Dollars (October 8, 2006)

Va. Road Repairs Expected To Stall (September 30, 2006)

Va. Transportation Funding Talks Die (September 29, 2006)

Senate, Democrats Oppose House Proposal (September 28, 2006)

House Panel In Va. Kills Tax Increase To Aid Roads (September 27, 2006)

Willisville Still Waiting for Indoor Plumbing (September 24, 2006)

Drop in Gas Prices Could Alter The Nature of Two Area Races (September 22, 2006)

Committee Recommends Higher Pay for Supervisors (September 21, 2006)

In Wake of Board Vote, Waves of Hard Feelings (September 17, 2006)

N.Va. Leaders Lack Consensus on Tax (September 16, 2006)

'An Uphill Struggle' for N.Va. Roads Plan (September 15, 2006)

Boat Restores Waterway's Mission (September 10, 2006)

Landowner Exemption Is Still in Limbo (September 10, 2006)

Loudoun Adopts Growth Compromise (September 8, 2006)

Board Takes Preemptive Action on Tax Rate (September 7, 2006)

Loudoun To Restrict Growth (September 7, 2006)

Once Again, Loudoun Weighs a New Growth Plan (September 6, 2006)

Loudoun's Allure Is a Blessing and a Bother for Families (September 4, 2006)

Oops! VDOT Underestimates Dulles South Traffic (September 3, 2006)

Planners Approve Dulles South Development, Once Again (August 31, 2006)

Development Debate Escalates in Loudoun (August 30, 2006)

Virginia To Weigh Impact Of Projects (August 28, 2006)

E-Mails Reveal Kaine Aides' Hand in Loudoun Traffic Study (August 22, 2006)

Gossip Mill Already Grinding For 2007 Election Season (August 20, 2006)

Barbara Munsey, Coming In Loud and Clear (August 20, 2006)

Developer Drops Plan For Homes In Unison (August 17, 2006)

Gap in Trust Plagues Loudoun Supervisor (July 31, 2006)

Suspicions, Anger Arise At Downzoning Hearing (July 27, 2006)

Loudoun Again Postpones Vote On Home Limits (July 26, 2006)

Balancing The Budget Likely to Be Much Harder (July 23, 2006)

Study Probes Loophole Rationale (July 22, 2006)

Traffic Study Agitates Fairfax, Pr. William Officials (July 21, 2006)

VDOT Says Project Would Jam Roads (July 14, 2006)

Wolf Beholden to Big Oil, Democrat Feder Says (July 12, 2006)

Does 'Freedom to Read' Apply to DVDs? (July 9, 2006)

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