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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...

Not All Heroes Wear Capes

At AEP Texas, we take a lot of pride in south Texas hospitality.  Our employees are proud to live here and make sure we...

If You Want To Change Things…

One of the gifts of living in a representative democracy is that voting is only one of the rights it confers. For ordinary people...

Roanoke College Confederate Statue Should Be Moved

An Open Letter to President Michael C. Maxey at Roanoke College Dear President Maxey: Dr. Robert Benne, a professor emeritus at Roanoke College, wrote an editorial...

Ag Community Has Waited Too Long for a Workable Guest-worker Program

Since our nation’s founding to the present day, farming has been a central part of American life and has fueled our economy. From the...

Taking Action Against Opioids

Opioid addiction knows no boundaries. Age, income, education – there are no real criteria for those who become addicted. Right now, many communities in...

TAP Statement Concerning Sale of The Dumas

Let me begin by stating categorically that TAP does not discriminate. In mid/late 2016, TAP decided to move forward with the sale of the...