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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...

COMMENTARY: We’re In This Together, So Please Wear A Mask

We are in this together. It doesn’t matter your political affiliation, what you do for a living, for whom you work, where you live,...

COMMENTARY: California, Here We Come?

A famous song of the 1920s went, “California, here I come.” Today, one might sing that line with dread rather than anticipation as rolling blackouts...

COMMENTARY: Early Voting and Debates

Debating holds a storied place in the American political tradition. The Lincoln-Douglas debates between two Senate candidates in Illinois in 1858 made a household name...

COMMENTARY: Walmart Hypocritical When It Comes To Face Masks

Many companies within the United States have recently required their employees and customers to wear a face mask because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such...

COMMENTARY: Libraries Live on With Community Support

Recently, rural Americans have missed out on many services usually offered in their communities. However, library employees have worked even harder to provide for their...

COMMENTARY: July 1st To Bring Radical Abortion Changes in Virginia

I am Ann Russell, and I am currently the acting Executive Director at Blue Ridge Women’s Center. My first visit to BRWC was as...