Virginia

Transportation officials and an advocacy group in Virginia are battling over whether a Virginia or District of Columbia judge should decide whether drivers on the Dulles Toll Road are being illegally charged tolls used to back bonds issued for the Dulles Metrorail project.

WASHINGTON — Fairfax, Va., yesterday was upgraded one notch to AAA by Standard & Poor’s because the city’s economic base has remained strong throughout the recession.

WASHINGTON — In an attempt to save schools money while promoting green technology, Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine announced yesterday that the state’s remaining $119 million qualified school construction bond allocation will be used to finance energy-efficiency projects rather than new construction.

WASHINGTON — Virginia has established a set of deadlines for when its counties and large municipalities must determine how much of their recovery zone bond allocations they can use, as well as a framework for recovering and redistributing unused bond authority.