FALLS CHURCH, VA – MARCH 25: The East Falls Church statin is scheduled to close indefinitely as ridership across the Metro train system is down nearly 90-percent because of the coronavirus pandemic March 25, 2020 in Falls Church, Virginia. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is closing more than a dozen stations for an indefinite period beginning March 26 in an effort to limit the mass transit system’s staffing and cleaning requirements amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Falls Church, a Washington, D.C., suburb will collaborate with Virginia Tech on a 44-acre smart city site to pilot emerging and connected transportation technologies.
The annual event is casting "a wide net" next month, encouraging challengers to take on issues like unemployment, health care, education and digital access.
More than 300,000 licensed workers can now update their professional licenses using a mobile app, instead of waiting for a paper certificate in the mail.