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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...

Deadlocked Again on Taxes vs. Spending

By Stephen D. Haner and published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and shared here by previous agreement.   We have seen this before...

Virginians Deserve Better

By Kerry Dougherty and first published on Bacon's Rebellion and Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited. Shared here by previous agreement.  Word of warning to Virginia State...

Virginia Parents Tired Of Being An ‘Afterthought’ In Public Schools

Today, as key parental rights legislation crosses into the Virginia Senate, parents from around the state rallied in support of legislators’ efforts to respect...

Dr. Scott Armistead: Moral Injury Is Driving Doctor Burnout

Physician burnout is a major issue in the US, receiving attention in medical education, medical specialties and at various government levels. Moral injury, in...

Federal Workers Must SHOW UP

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we saw a sharp rise in remote work, or telework. We were living through unprecedented times. Telework became an...

Virginia Dems Refuse To Support Female Athletes

By Kerry Dougherty and first published on Bacon's Rebellion and Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited. I’m old. Old enough to remember when there were sane members of...