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Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS – but the case began here, in Virginia. In 1951...

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...

Lawsuit Challenges NRC Rules on Small Nuclear Reactors

Virginia is not directly involved, but with our nuclear industrial base, a pending federal lawsuit over...

Virginia Needs New Electoral Voting System

If you take out much of Northern Virginia, Richmond area, and Tidewater area, Presidential candidate Kamala Harris only received 40% of Virginia's vote total...

Did School Battles Hurt Dems in Liberal, Northern VA Strongholds?

By James Bacon Did local school-board issues in Loudoun County depress boost turnout for Republicans and discourage Democratic Party turnout in the 2024 presidential election?...

Trump’s Energy Promises Face Hurdles in Anti-Hydrocarbon Virginia

Once inaugurated, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to immediately mount a major effort to roll back the anti-hydrocarbon fuel agenda of the Biden-Harris years....

The Value of Shopping Local on Small Business Saturday

Small businesses are crucial to Virginia’s economy, and their success relies on the support of individuals like us. Unlike chain stores and restaurants, small businesses...

Virginia Schools Secretly Remove LGBTQ+ Book Amid Explicit Images Controversy

A northern Virginia school district has removed a pro-LGBTQ+ book after a parent criticized it for sexually explicit images, but without notifying the public...

National Park Service Omits Context From Stonewall Jackson Death Site

In early August, the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (FSNMP) placed a hand-lettered sign inside of the Stonewall Jackson Death Site.  Known to many people...