Antonio Olivo

• Virginia Politics

The county board increased salaries for supervisors by 30 percent and the chairman's salary by nearly 40 percent, to be applied to the next board in January.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Lawson, an ardent critic of current board chair Ann B. Wheeler (D), ran for Congress last year.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Dominion Energy asked the state to allow data centers in Loudoun County to use diesel generators during power grid emergencies through July due to a shortage in capacity.

• Virginia Politics

A proposal to raise salaries for the first time since 2016 would increase the chair's salary by as much as 45 percent and supervisors' pay by up to 37 percent.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Fairfax County considers canceling plans to dredge Lake Accotink once more, saying it would be too costly and potentially more harmful to the environment.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Weir, 59, will serve for the remainder of former supervisor Pete Candland's (R-Gainesville) term in a county where data center development has sparked controversy.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Hill's budget focuses on county employee pay amid lingering economic impact of coronavirus pandemic.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The expansion of data centers in Northern Virginia, already home to the $8.4 billion industry's largest hub, has sparked land use battles, with residents near the buildings using drones and cloud computing to make their case.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Virginia’s most populous jurisdiction will be among the last to declare an end to the pandemic state of emergency in the Washington region.