Virginia bars and restaurants may soon be able to start advertising their prices during happy hours, as both the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates approved separate bills for the practice. These bills are a reaction to Chef Geoff Tracy’s First Amendment challenge about the law banning venues from advertising their specific happy hour prices.
(WTOP)
Autonomous flights may be in our future, as Boeing recently completed its first test flight of an autonomous passenger air vehicle, which was designed and tested by Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas.
(Inside NoVA)
The Leesburg Town Council unanimously approved the temporary placement of a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Leesburg’s Town Hall for Black History Month from Lovettsville sculptor Jeff Hall. The council also approved the installment of a Hall sculpture for the Eric Brown Skate Plaza, which features silhouetted skaters and bikers in honor of the park’s founder Eric Brown.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
A group of sixth graders from Bush Hill Elementary in Fairfax, who had a planned field trip to the National Gallery of Art canceled because of the government shutdown, have started a petition to reopen the government.
(WJLA)
Recent studies show that students who do not use or do not have access to their phones during school hours see an increase in their academic performance.
(WTOP)
