Morning Minute

The company planning an insulation factory a few miles from Loudoun's border responds to concerns from Attorney General Mark Herring; a woman from Potomac Station tries to raise awareness of the number one killer of women in the U.S.

Firefighters fight for better workers' comp when they get cancer; suspension rates drop in the school system, but disparities for minorities remain.

VDOT unexpectedly dumps 350 tons of rock onto the banks of Catoctin Creek; water and sewer rates are set to go up in Leesburg again.

The county takes oversight of developer-controlled traffic studies; Loudoun's first culinary incubator opens at Village at Leesburg.

The Dulles Greenway backs out of a deal to trade some distance-based tolling for ten more years of guaranteed toll increases; two men plead guilty to running a prostitution business for three years.

So far there are twice as many Democrats running for office in Loudoun, and as of the new year they have raised twelve times as much money; it's time to nominate farmers for farmer trading cards.

Loudoun gets a new Circuit Court judge, picked over the objections of Loudoun's legal community and state representatives; school Superintendent Eric Williams unveils his idea for a performing arts elementary school.

A federal court rules Loudoun County Chair Phyllis Randall violated by a Loudouner's constitutional rights by deleting a comment and blocking him on Facebook; the School Board sets policies on restraining and secluding students.

Supervisors try to cut furloughed federal employees a break; Purcellville is the sixth Loudoun town to formally express concern about plans for an insulation factory in West Virginia.

The 33rd State Senate District stays in Democratic hands, triggering another special election; Superintendent Eric Williams unveils his proposed school system budget.