• Virginia joins a multistate coalition fighting ICE's rollback of detainee death reporting. Attorney General's office signs onto the push against the federal agency's move to scale back transparency around detainee deaths shortly after release. The filing lands as immigration enforcement remains a flashpoint statewide. WTOP on the coalition filing

• House Judiciary compels testimony from Arlington's top prosecutor. Chairman Jim Jordan is dragging Commonwealth's Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti to the Hill next week over two politically charged disputes. The subpoena escalates a months-long standoff between Arlington and House Republicans. ARLnow on the subpoena

• NoVA leaders got new authority to raise the sales tax. They're not rushing to use it. The biennial state budget hands local jurisdictions referendum power, but supervisors across the region are wary of putting a tax hike on the ballot. Expect a lot of hedging through the fall. FFXnow on the sales tax authority

• Arlington plans to phase out its long-running partnership serving toddlers with disabilities. County officials are winding down the arrangement that supports early intervention services, raising questions from families about what replaces it. WTOP on the Arlington change

• Mitre wants to consolidate its planned Tysons offices and add housing. The Federally-Funded Research and Development Company (FFRDC) is reworking its headquarters expansion along Chain Bridge Road, swapping some office square footage for residential towers. It's another sign Tysons keeps tilting toward mixed-use. FFXnow on the Mitre proposal

• Sprouts locks in a September opening on Langston Blvd. The 3115 Langston Blvd location finally has a date, giving the corridor another grocery anchor. ARLnow on the Sprouts opening

• A 78-year-old Arlington hardware store is closing. Another neighborhood fixture calls it quits, closing the book on nearly eight decades on the block. WTOP on the closure

• A Herndon man faces charges again for a 2014 Reston Parkway hit-and-run. Fairfax police re-arrested Enda Browne, 43, over the crash that injured a pedestrian more than a decade ago. Prosecutors get a second crack after Browne fled the country during the original case. FFXnow on the arrest

• Arlington police arrested a 42-year-old man on sex offense charges involving a teenager. Jeremy Mishler faces charges of taking indecent liberties with a child by a supervisory adult. Detectives are asking other possible victims to come forward. ARLnow on the arrest

• Improperly discarded fireworks torched an Ashburn home Saturday. Loudoun Fire & Rescue traced the blaze to improperly disposed fireworks: a July 4 hangover no one wanted. Loudoun Fire & Rescue report

• Falls Church residents packed a Revolutionary War-era church Saturday for a community reading of founding documents marking the nation's 250th. ARLnow
• Local flute ensemble DCFlutes joins Lizzo on stage at Wolf Trap this week. WTOP
• High school marching bands from multiple states pivoted to a concert at the National Museum of the U.S. Army after the National Independence Day Parade in D.C. was scrapped. FFXnow
• A new pirate ghost tour launches in Old Town Alexandria. Yes, really. WTOP
• Arlington Magazine rounds up 21 new restaurants worth trying around the county. Arlington Magazine

Summer's grinding forward with the region's usual split screen: serious fights in Richmond and on Capitol Hill, and a busy calendar of grocery openings, ghost tours, and Lizzo cameos everywhere else. NoVA is doing what it does best: arguing about taxes while shopping for produce.

Stay sharp out there.

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