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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...

The Climate Change Plan That Works for EVERYONE

I believe my country, the United States of America, should answer this ad. Recently in our May Meeting for Business at the Quaker Meeting House...

Roanoke Media and County Supervisors Getting It All Wrong

Roanoke media recently ran with the headline that Roanoke County Supervisors are “trimming financial contributions to non-profits”.  This headline would make you think that...

Neighborhood Association Offers Proposal for Caretakers Cabin in Fishburn Park

The Grandin Court Neighborhood Association has made the following proposal for preserving and maintaining the caretakers cabin in Fishburn Park that Roanoke City is...

Albemarle County Sheriff Sends Letter to Governor in Support of Releasing Soering

Albemarle Sheriff J.E. “Chip” Harding has written a 19  page letter to Governor Terry McAuliffe in support of the release of Jens Soering. The...

Why TAP is Selling The Dumas Center

  Many of you have heard speculation that the Dumas Center for Artistic and Cultural Development is for sale. This is indeed true. The building...

Conservatives Call on Gov. McAuliffe to Commute Death Sentence

Dear Governor McAuliffe, The Commonwealth is planning to execute a man who may have been wrongly convicted – Ivan Teleguz. Unless you intervene, he will...