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Does Spending $62 Billion on Utility Batteries Lower Your Cost of Electricity? Of Course Not

The 2026 General Assembly is likely to amend the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) to greatly expand the construction of utility-scale batteries for our electric grid. Based on the current...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Political Failures Led To Recent Murder of Corrections Officer In Grayson County

Correctional Officer Jeremy Hall was killed on November 17, 2025, by an inmate at River...

Sen. Suetterlein Files 2026 Legislation Expanding Tax Relief & Education

Virginia legislators started filing bills for the 2026 General Assembly this week, and Senator David...

Progressives Urge Assembly to Soak the Rich, But Likely Tax Increases Will Reach Everyone

As a new Democratic Party trifecta looms in Virginia, a progressive policy group has floated...

Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the...

Commentary: Stormwater Fees Are a Smart Idea

Two recent pieces by Robert Craig that ran in The Roanoke Times (12/709 Commentary and 1/2/10 letter to the editor) criticizing the Citys...

An Open Letter to City Council on Lack of Snow Removal

Dear Mayor & Members of City Council: I'm asking that among the seven of you, is there anyone willing to speak up and address...

Our Region Needs Unserviced Workforce to Make Right Decisions

With the start to any new year, resolutions are made and are either kept or broken. Many will make resolutions to find a...

Five Traits of Female Attractiveness

A good plastic surgeon may be able to create physical beauty, but he or she can't create something that's far more important and...

Hiding Debt Just a Juggling Trick

Virginian James Buchanan, co-founder of "public-choice economics" – or what he prefers to call the Virginia school of political economy – celebrated his...

Putting a Governor on Those Who Govern

Virginian James Buchanan, co-founder of "public-choice economics" – or what he prefers to call the Virginia school of political economy – celebrated his...