Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy from Connecticut held a nearly 15-hour filibuster to force the issue of gun control legislation following the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub on Sunday. Later, Murphy said the Senate would hold a vote on “the terror gap [and] universal background checks.”
(NBC News)
Arlington and Alexandria are respectively ranked Nos. 1 and 13 in Niche.com’s list of “Best Cities to Live in America.”
(ARLnow)
Eleven Virginia delegates, including Fairfax County’s James LeMunyon, sent a letter to Metro leaders calling their recent request for more funding a “non-starter.”
(ABC 7 News)
A Metrobus ran a red light in Rosslyn on Tuesday, hitting and seriously injuring a pedestrian.
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A new deed approved on Tuesday transferred roughly 600 acres of land in Loudoun to the Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation, which will eventually become the county’s first state park.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
Metro General Manger Paul Wiedefeld announced the transit system’s first wave of SafeTrack repairs between Ballston and East Falls Church is ahead of schedule.
(ARLnow)
