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Closing Virginia’s Education Gaps: Funding, Choice, and Accountability

It shouldn’t be hard for both political parties to agree that among those who suffered most from covid school shut-downs were low-income children. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress...

Last Week Proves Again Wind and Solar Cannot Take the Heat

Once again, a spell of hot weather has proven that our economy and comfort depend...

VA Elections Should Be About Virginia’s Future — Not a Referendum on President Trump

Senator Tim Kaine recently sent out a fundraising email where he quoted the Washington Post...

One is Enough: End the Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia currently mandates that most passenger vehicles display two license plates—one on...

Primary Results Will Force Spanberger to Prove if She’s a Centrist

After this week’s primary results, Virginia’s more moderate center is all but dead. In two...

Blame distrust of the response to COVID for declining childhood vaccinations

Only 40% of Americans now consider childhood vaccines "extremely important," down from 64% in 2001. Among Republicans, that figure has plunged to just 26%,...

Virginia Needs To Protect The Natural Gas Choice in Law

Virginia’s General Assembly is being asked again to protect the use of natural gas and prohibit local government efforts to restrict or ban it...

What Have Leftist Lawfarers Learned?

On January 10, 2025 – ten days before President-elect Trump is to be inaugurated as the nation’s 47th President – New York State Judge...

Poll Shows Near Unanimous Support for Greater School Accountability

While Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly appear unanimous in their opposition to the Governor’s new School Performance and Support Framework, there is near...

Can Teen Athletes Stay A Step Ahead of Torn ACLs?

I can always tell when school sports are back in full swing by the steady stream of athletes who limp into my office with...

Outside Study Confirms Natural Gas Needed to Run Data Centers

Yet another analysis of the energy dilemma facing Virginia, this one commissioned by a Democrat-controlled legislative panel, has concluded that the use of natural...