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ACPS Backs Sales Tax Increase for School Construction — Alexandria City Public Schools supports a 1% local sales tax increase for school construction, in addition to several other legislative priorities that will be discussed at a School Board work session on Thursday. ALXnow

Collegiate Inventors Competition Comes to Alexandria — The future of American innovation is on display this week in Alexandria as 10 finalist teams from Purdue, Calvin University, Michigan State, Washington University in St. Louis, Rice, UT Austin, Dartmouth, Cornell, and MIT present their groundbreaking inventions at the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition at the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Oct. 16. National Inventors Hall of Fame


Good Monday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Oct 13, 2025.

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Tuesday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

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🌥️ Tuesday’s forecast

The weather will be mostly cloudy and reach a high near 70, accompanied by a north wind at 11 to 14 mph, gusting up to 22 mph. Tuesday night will see mostly clear conditions, with temperatures dropping to around 54 and a north wind around 8 mph. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”
– Oprah Winfrey

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

Thanks for reading!


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Senators Slam Shutdown Messages – Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined 22 Senate colleagues Monday in demanding the Trump administration remove partisan political messages from federal agency websites and employee email accounts. [ALXnow]

Federal Workers Guaranteed Back Pay – Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., whose district includes Alexandria and has one of the largest concentrations of federal employees in Congress, said Tuesday that federal workers are guaranteed back pay “without question or exception,” pushing back against Trump administration warnings that retroactive pay is not assured during the government shutdown. [ALXnow]


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