Morning Minute

The General Assembly passes a bill that strips transportation funding in Northern Virginia to pay for Metro; the school system asks the state to investigate its isolation and restraint of special needs students.

Lovettsville could get a new council member this week, and the first real estate tax cut in years this year; a man from West Virginia is sentenced in a fatal crash on Rt. 15.

Loudoun Department of Economic Development Rural Development Officer Kellie Hinkle comes on to talk rural business; county supervisors start work to clear the regulatory path to bringing D.C. United to Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park.

It's shaping up to be an interesting year for town elections; a retiree from Sterling claims her $3 million lottery prize just before it expires.

County supervisors will spend the next month deciding what your local government will and will not do for you—and how much it will cost you.

As the schools get ready for student walkouts, Loudoun Youth Inc. and IndED are putting on three forums on school safety; about 17,500 people lost power in that storm.

The Morning Minute is taking a short break, but we'll be back on Monday!

Parents say kids with special needs in the school system have been shut in small, unfurnished rooms for hours at a time; the School Board abandons a policy to guide closing school buildings.

Halfway through the General Assembly session, Democratic state legislators hold town halls in Loudoun; Loudoun's charter schools get more applications than they have seats, and the waitlist is growing.

Lovettsville's Planning Commission chair is dismissed, and the vice chair resigns; Loudoun could build a Rt. 50 alternative on airport property.

School leaders want security vestibules at every school entrance, and county supervisors are looking for funding to make that happen ASAP; the schools and county government are looking at a partnership that could end up extending broadband internet into rural Loudoun.

The success of Monroe Tech is part of the reason for the Academies of Loudoun, but opening the Academies of Loudoun will mean cutting two dozen classes at Monroe Tech in half; a quiet change to Leesburg's HUBZone could make a big difference for local business.

This weekend, a gym designed for kids with autism is opening in Sterling; a key House of Delegate committee strips funding for a fourth Circuit Court judge in Loudoun.

Purcellville closes in on hiring a new town manager; the county Board of Supervisors changes the look of the county's biggest road.

After a decade of debate over where to put a new Aldie fire station, the county says there's just no better option than the one they have now; hours after people in Lansdowne gave supervisors an earful over plans to put 101 townhouses at the National Conference Center, the National changes its application.

The school system has a plan to offer a full day of kindergarten to every family next year, but it could mean some of those kindergartners see larger class sizes; Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser faces a challenger in the May election.

Loudouners stand to get a 3.5-cent tax cut this year—but any more, warns the county's top administrator, could mean trouble for public services; the Town of Leesburg adopts an "anti-hate statement" in reaction to KKK fliers appearing in town.

David Becker, one of Loudoun's 12 original professional firefighters, is also one of Virginia's Outstanding Crossing Guards of the Year; Loudoun is building a lot of roads. Like, a heck of a lot of roads.

For sale? One international airport, one owner, recent improvements and room to grow; the new Vet Center Community Access Center in Leesburg opens.

With Leesburg's special election, it's time to get ready for western town elections in May; Loudoun stands to lose 109 Affordable Dwelling Units by the end of the year.

A change in policy at Loudoun County Public Schools means dozens of students won't be graduating; Kincora gets a second museum.

Suzie Bartel is taking her work to prevent teen suicide outside the school building; a decorated Army veteran accused of shooting two Loudoun deputies is denied bond.

Leesburg gets its newest council member; a Sterling man with alleged links to ISIS is charged with obstructing a terrorism investigation.

Trader Joe's may actually be coming to One Loudoun; John Miller asks for work release after being given a year in jail.

The School Board hopes for full-day kindergarten for every family next year; the Sheriff's Office offers a reward for tips in what looks like a target double homicide.