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Energy Policy: The Biggest Problem Facing Virginia’s Next Governor

When the smoke clears on the November elections and Virginia has a new governor and a different House of Delegates, energy policy will still head the list of crucial...

Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board...

Virginia Faces Power Shortages as Lawmakers Stall on Energy Reform

Here we go again. As the 2025 election year heats up and warnings rise about electricity...

Roanoke City Council Shares the Blame

It is very disingenuous, but easy for the city council to blame the previous city...

Youngkin Moves to Curb Energy Price Hikes, Questions Clean Economy Act

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills...

Employer Mandate Delayed, But Obamacare Destruction Goes On

Some 60 percent of Americans -- nearly 160 million people -- get insurance through their jobs. Thanks to Obamacare, that number is about to...

Republicans Continue To Undermine Obamacare

Dear Congressman Goodlatte, Not a single day goes by without a large part of your Contingency here in Southwestern Virginia fearing that their representative governance has...

Scrooge, Evolution and The Midnight Visitor

The clock on Scrooge’s desk flashed midnight just as a janitor shouldered into the office with his broom and dust rags.  “Workin’ late on...

McAuliffe / ObamaCare Wrong For Virginia

To The Editor: Fresh reports indicate that the government does not even know the pricing levels for the insurance to be offered by ObamaCare's exchanges...

Questioning Bedrosian’s Understanding

Dear Editor: As a retired business owner and a follower of current events, I found Al Bedrosian’s letter (“County Needs to Focus on Basics,” August...

Cautious Optimism for Explore Park

The recently-announced 99-year lease of Explore Park by Roanoke County is cause for cautious optimism. Optimism comes from Explore’s potential to promote tourism, jobs...