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The Center of Hope, the Good Shepherd Alliance's facility, which housea administrative offices and Hope's Treasures thrift store in Ashburn. The Good Shepherd Alliance is one of the local nonprofits being hit by a lack of government funding as it sees an increase in demand for its services.

Members of Cathy Girondo's third-grade class, which numbers 18 students, check out their book reports on a wall at Middleburg Elementary.

First-grade teacher Janie Bigler, above, has 19 children in her class. Faced with the region's fastest-growing enrollment, Loudoun officials wonder about the economic sense of a school with only five teachers and a handful of classrooms.

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Kaine Warns Of 'Painful' Cuts In Va. Services

$1.5 Billion Gap Opens in Budget

Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Wednesday that he might be forced to cut core services, including education, health care and public safety, lay off employees and borrow money from the state's rainy day fund to make up a $1.5 billion budget shortfall. Read story »

Kaine Asks Agencies to Cut at Least $700 Million

Shortfall Bigger Than Predicted

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Wednesday that state agencies will need to cut $700 million to $1.5 billion more this year as Virginia continues to suffer from one of the worst financial crises in decades. Read story »

$260 Million Earmarked For Va. Roads, Interchange

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The first real evidence of the federal stimulus spending for many Northern Virginians will come in the form of orange traffic cones as the region receives an infusion of more than $260 million to pave roads, complete the Fairfax County Parkway and build a major interchange at Fair Lakes Parkway. Read story »

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