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Closing Virginia’s Education Gaps: Funding, Choice, and Accountability

It shouldn’t be hard for both political parties to agree that among those who suffered most from covid school shut-downs were low-income children. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress...

Last Week Proves Again Wind and Solar Cannot Take the Heat

Once again, a spell of hot weather has proven that our economy and comfort depend...

VA Elections Should Be About Virginia’s Future — Not a Referendum on President Trump

Senator Tim Kaine recently sent out a fundraising email where he quoted the Washington Post...

One is Enough: End the Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia currently mandates that most passenger vehicles display two license plates—one on...

Primary Results Will Force Spanberger to Prove if She’s a Centrist

After this week’s primary results, Virginia’s more moderate center is all but dead. In two...

Early Reading Skills Still “Going in the Wrong Direction”

By James A. Bacon, this was originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and is republished here by agreement.  Governor Glenn Youngkin is getting an inkling of...

For Now, General Assembly Makes Dreams of Commercialization of Marijuana Go Up In Smoke

By Victoria Cobb, this text was originally published by the Virginia Family Foundation. Last week, the House General Laws committee carried over until 2023 SB...

Delegate Chris Head Rebukes House Democrats as “Out-of-Touch” Over Rising Gas Prices

Richmond, VA — On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Delegate Chris Head (R-Botetourt), offered a pointed reply to Democratic members of the House of Delegates...

Thoughts on The Virginia Tech / Amazon Collaboration

I am writing in response to the article title Virginia Tech/ Amazon Establish Machine Learning Research Leadership, published on your website on March 10,...

VA Senate Violating Committee Protocol to Protect Infanticide

This was originally published on March 7 by the Virginia Family Foundation. On Friday, March 4, a Senate Rules committee, comprised of 12 Democrats and...

Youngkin: “The General Assembly Should Give Virginians Their Money Back”

Facing the highest gas prices on record and the highest inflation rates in decades, families across Virginia are having to do more with their...