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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...

Defending Fiscal Sanity & The 2nd Amendment

Since taking office just over a year ago, President Biden and Congressional Democrats have spent more than $3 trillion on big-government programs, many of...

Reopen The Capitol

Washington, D.C. used to be a popular destination for tourists, school groups, and others who want to visit our nation’s capital. If you visited the...

Campaign Finance Legislation Limps Through General Assembly

Only 7 of 24 proposed pieces of legislation are still up for debate in this year’s General Assembly session This year, the Virginia General Assembly...

School Choice Can Help Poor Parents Quickly Improve the Education of their Kids

By James Sherlock Published by agreement with Bacon's Rebellion The excellent education reporter Laura Meckler has written a terrific article in The Washington Post titled “Public education is facing a...

UVa Free Speech Committee Could Use Some Transparency

By Walter Smith Published by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion In February of 2021 University of Virginia President Jim Ryan appointed a committee to articulate the university’s...

Warning: These Comments May be Divisive

By Dick Hall-Sizemore Published by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion Rather than allowing teachers to expose students to ideas that challenge long-held beliefs and perhaps teaching those...