A proposal for a casino resort in Tysons Corner is dividing the Fairfax County delegation to the General Assembly, with advocates calling for new sources of revenue to relieve pressure on local real estate taxes and opponents decrying a threat to the vibrant commercial and residential hub along the fast-developing Silver Line transit corridor.

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake rattled the Short Pump area northwest of Richmond on Tuesday evening, with people as far away as Fairfax County reporting they felt it, too, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.