Teo Armus
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Austin, TX, United States
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Amazon launches plan to help ‘underserved’ D.C.-area families buy homes
Amazon will bring its billion-dollar housing effort to an affordable housing strategy that has traditionally seen little public or corporate investment. → Read More
A farm for the disabled and a celebrity gun trainer try to ‘stop Big Rehab’
The Newport Institute wants to set up Northern Virginia group homes to treat mental health issues. Neighbors say it will threaten a nonprofit down the street. → Read More
Alexandria proposal would eliminate single-family-only zoning
The “Zoning for Housing” plan, which requires city council approval, is expected to generate extensive debate in the Northern Virginia city this fall. → Read More
Arlington board member Katie Cristol will resign to lead Tysons group
Cristol, a two-term Democrat who already was not running for reelection, will resign in July to take the helm of the rebranded Tysons Community Alliance. → Read More
Residents sue Arlington County over ‘missing middle’ zoning change
The single-family homeowners said county lawmakers failed to make sure the controversial zoning change would not negatively impact the Northern Virginia suburb. → Read More
Amazon HQ2 was thought up pre-pandemic. But the world is hybrid now.
A sluggish return to the office is dimming some of Amazon's expected boost to Virginia – and prompting some questions about the whole project's future. → Read More
Amazon requests first HQ2 incentives from Virginia: Nearly $153 million
The tech giant stands to receive up to $773 million in performance grants from state and local officials for the second headquarters it is building in Arlington. → Read More
How a Bolivian construction worker became an online star from her Va. garage
Dressed as a traditional "cholita," a Northern Virginia construction worker is live-streaming Indigenous Bolivian culture and language for her 180,000 followers. → Read More
Warrenton lawmakers approve plans for controversial Amazon data center
The project draws significant opposition in Warrenton, where some pointed out that Amazon hired the town manager who helped the company rewrite zoning rules. → Read More
Amazon launches $35 billion data center expansion in Virginia
If approved by Virginia lawmakers, Amazon Web Services stands to receive $140 million in economic incentives from the state and up to 15 years of tax breaks for equipment and software. → Read More
‘¡Abuela la la la!’ Argentina’s viral dancing World Cup lucky charm
The newly viral 76-year-old, who is not actually a grandma, has become the masked, bespectacled face of millions of Argentina soccer fans hoping for glory. → Read More
The battle over single-family zoning is also a fight over what to call it
End single-family zoning? Legalize "missing middle" housing? What to call the policy being considered in Arlington, and elsewhere, depends on whom you ask. → Read More
Consulting firm Technomics adding 150 jobs in Arlington in HQ expansion
The company will bring to Arlington what better-known firms have not been able to provide yet: More jobs in a county with growing office vacancies. → Read More
Club Q survivor who was shot in the back recounts Colorado shooting
Ed Sanders, 63, a regular at the club, had stopped by for a drink on the night of shooting. He was shot in the back. → Read More
Arlington could adopt ranked-choice voting for primary elections
Arlington would be the first locality in Virginia to adopt the increasingly popular voting system as the county heads into a busy spring for local politics. → Read More
In one Va. school board race, a microcosm of LGBTQ identity politics
In the age of Pete Buttigieg and book bans, the race for a seat on the embattled Loudoun County school board is a case study on sexual orientation and the culture wars. → Read More
Arlington’s sole county board race a proxy war over ‘missing middle’
“Missing middle” housing is not on the ballot this fall in Arlington County, but the average resident could be forgiven for thinking it was. → Read More
Amid Yellow Line shutdown, some commuters turn to the river instead
For some Alexandria commuters, there's no comparison to cruising through the Potomac River - one of several alternatives created by their local government during the Metro shutdown. → Read More
As housing prices soar, a wealthy county rethinks the idea of suburbia
Arlington's housing has gotten too expensive for middle-class renters to buy homes. Local lawmakers hope one solution may lie in the county's zoning code. → Read More
Turks and Caicos man arrested in violence linked to NAACP leader’s death, police say
A 31-year-old Turks and Caicos resident was arrested and is under investigation in connection with the Oct. 2 killing of Kent Carter, a vice president of the Arlington NAACP. → Read More