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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...

Down the “Memory Hole”: VMI’s Shabby Treatment of General Peay

In his excellent work, Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-89, former British ambassador Rodric Braithwaite quoted a journalist who addressed the challenge of civic...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: Protecting Girls in Sports; Service Academy Day

On April 20th, I voted to pass H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, legislation to ensure that...

Let Us Consider The Forests This Earth Day

Since 1970, we have celebrated our planet and its precious lands, air, water, and wildlife. That is why Dogwood Alliance continues to draw attention...

How Broken is Virginia’s Energy Regulatory System? Let Us Count the Ways

How badly broken is Virginia’s energy regulatory system? One recent State Corporation Commission decision on Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed next wave of solar projects illustrates...

Eating Disorders and Suicide

National Eating Disorders Week was recently held between February 27th and March 5th in our country. The three types of eating disorders that have...

Consumer Cost Estimates Rise for Green Economy

--By Steve Haner and originally published as a commentary from the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Customer cost projections for compliance with the Virginia...