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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...

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...

Introducing the American Health Care Act – Bob Goodlatte

Today’s health care system is in need of bold reforms. For many Americans, Obamacare has failed. Premiums have reached unaffordable levels, insurance exchanges have...