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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...

Sanctuary Cities Ignore the Law

We are a nation of laws. That principle was important to our Founders, and it is rightfully at the very core of our government....

Limestone, Granite, and Coal, Oh Mine!

There is a long history of mining in our region, which has provided employment, economic growth, and a way of life. In the Ninth...

Backing Up the Blueprint

Ever since Congress established the Chesapeake Bay Program more than three decades ago in 1983, watershed states have worked in collaboration with federal partners to restore...

To the Honorable Mayor and Honorable City Council Members: The Patrick Henry Stadium Proffers

I am concerned about the application process for the change in the Patrick Henry Proffers. According to the GIS part of the Patrick Henry...

Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s Letter to The Director of the FBI Concerning Hillary Clinton

July 5, 2016 Honorable James B. Comey Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535 Dear Director Comey: I am concerned that despite finding former Secretary...

Thankful for Special Olympics and Her Son

My son, Jerry Wu, was one of the athletes at Special Olympics Area 8 to be chosen to go to state games on...