• Severe storms blasted Fairfax and Arlington Monday evening, killing power to more than 25,000 Dominion customers. McLean and Burke took the worst of it, with outages bleeding north into Arlington's border neighborhoods. Crews worked overnight; expect lingering outages and debris on your commute. FFXnow outage tracker and ARLnow storm update.
• Richmond approved a state budget just days before a partial shutdown deadline. The General Assembly cleared HB 30 Monday after weeks of deadlock. A new proposal to tax data center power usage helped break the logjam, a development NoVA officials will watch closely. WTOP on the budget vote and ARLnow on the data center tax.

• The proposed data center power tax puts NoVA at the center of the budget fight. Sen. Louise Lucas and Arlington's Sen. Barbara Favola argued the levy on the region's booming server farms balances the books without squeezing households. Loudoun and Prince William, home to most of the world's data center capacity, have the most to lose. ARLnow.
• Fairfax Circuit Court launched a free online learning hub focused on civil rights history. The portal walks residents and students through the court's role in landmark local cases. It's a quiet but notable transparency push from the county bench. FFXnow.
• Prince William's Board of County Supervisors meets today. Agenda items and public comment kick off this afternoon at the McCoart Building. BOCS agenda.

• Fairfax police want help identifying a suspect in an attempted abduction in Annandale. Detectives released details and a composite sketch Monday evening and are asking anyone with information or doorbell footage to call in. WTOP.
• A Virginia teacher and a mother, both LGBTQ+ advocates, won defamation suits against online harassers. The verdicts mark a rare win for educators targeted by viral attacks, and lawyers say the rulings will encourage more plaintiffs to fight back. WTOP.
• NoVA officials are sounding alarms over faster, more powerful e-bikes on local trails. Police and parks staff point to the W&OD, where electric dirt bikes routinely blow past the 20 mph limit. Expect more signage and possibly more enforcement this summer. FFXnow.

• Loudoun's restaurant boom rolls on. The second Wonder location opened Monday at Cascades Marketplace in Sterling, and the county's first Another Broken Egg Cafe drew a brunch crowd on its opening day. The Burn on Wonder and The Burn on Another Broken Egg.
• Purcellville Eats reopens Thursday in its new digs. The local favorite has been dark since February during the move. The Burn.

• Loudoun's next Household Hazardous Waste Collection is Saturday, June 27 in South Riding. Loudoun County.
• Amtrak rolled out a summer sale with Northeast trips from DC starting at $42. Secret DC.
• The cast of Broadway's "Suffs" visited the Lorton museum tied to NoVA suffrage history. WTOP.
• Arlington Magazine rounded up nine summer theater productions worth the ticket. Arlington Magazine.
• Prosecutors want a longer sentence for the woman who plotted to kill Justice Kavanaugh. Washington Post.

Soggy, a little frayed, but moving. Power crews and Richmond lawmakers both pulled all-nighters; the rest of us are just hoping the AC clicks back on before the next round of storms.

Stay dry out there.

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