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Kaye Kory will not be seeking reelection after representing Falls Church for 14 years. (Photo courtesy of Fairfax County Democratic Committee)

Falls Church representative Kaye Kory will not seek reelection

Binyamin Hassan, Staff Writer January 23, 2024

On Jan. 9, State Delegate Kaye Kory’s term ended. Kory took office in 2009 to represent Virginia’s 38th district in the House of Delegates. Kory announced that she would not seek reelection on April...

A map of the 2021 gubernatorial election results. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Youngkin becomes Virginia’s 74th governor

Stella Turner, Former Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2022

Virginia has a new governor. What does that mean?  Last Saturday, January 15, Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia’s 74th governor, being the first Republican to hold that office since 2009.  In...

Senior Evelyn Duross in a mock Supreme court at Girls State this summer. (Photo courtesy of Evelyn Duross)

Representation matters: Mason students inspired

Sequoia Wyckoff, Editor-in-Chief December 7, 2018

Most of the people Falls Church City residents have voted for in the past few years are men. Our mayor, the majority of our City Council, our state and national Senators, and our representative are...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington, D.C. The USDA is one of the 430 departments, agencies, and sub-agencies that make up the federal bureaucracy, which collectively employs 2.5 million people and manages trillions of tax dollars. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

The Federal Bureaucracy: imperfect, but indispensible

Colter Adams, Managing Editor September 24, 2018

The recurrent laryngeal nerve, which supplies motor function to the larynx, is one of the strangest fixtures of human anatomy. Instead of connecting the brain directly to the larynx, it first takes an...

A girl holds an iPhone in her hand.

Does the government really see everything you do?

Zach Jepson April 9, 2018

Several countries including the United States practice what is known as internet censorship and surveillance. In these nations, the government monitors and screens information for possible threats to the...

Partisanship is the real reason our government is not protecting the environment

Evan Jones, News Editor December 4, 2017

15,364 scientists from over 184 countries signed an open letter on November 13 expressing concerns with the damage done to the environment.  The scientists claim that the environment’s capacity for...

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