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Energy Policy: The Biggest Problem Facing Virginia’s Next Governor

When the smoke clears on the November elections and Virginia has a new governor and a different House of Delegates, energy policy will still head the list of crucial...

Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board...

Virginia Faces Power Shortages as Lawmakers Stall on Energy Reform

Here we go again. As the 2025 election year heats up and warnings rise about electricity...

Roanoke City Council Shares the Blame

It is very disingenuous, but easy for the city council to blame the previous city...

Youngkin Moves to Curb Energy Price Hikes, Questions Clean Economy Act

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills...

The Promise of Christmas

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will...

Virginia Not Faring As Well As The Governor Implies

Below is the link to the Milken Institute study of best preforming large and small cities economically for 2015. 200 large city areas ranked and...

We Must Do More to Rein In Spending and Overreach

Last week, Congress passed comprehensive “omnibus” spending legislation that will fund the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2016.  Meaning “for everything,” omnibus...

Rural America Gets a Lump of Coal for Christmas

USDA’s new definition of “actively engaged in farming” On December 17, 2015, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued their final rule defining what it...

A Very Giving Organizer Saves The Day

People think organizing is a “luxury” service. Or it becomes a taboo topic that no one talks about because they are so embarrassed that...

Protecting the Safety of America

The American people watched in horror as one of our oldest allies was rocked by a series of ISIS terrorist attacks just days ago....