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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 City Manager To Receive 5% Raise Putting Him at $210,000

I was looking at the scheduled government meetings for this week and noticed that Roanoke City Council was voting on a raise for...

Fracking Ruling Spot On According to Griffith

Various documents and opinions cross my desk, and sometimes, their contents are worth bringing to the public’s attention.  Judge Skavdahl’s opinion in this...

Countering Homegrown Terrorism

It was an act of pure evil. On what should have been a quiet Sunday morning, Americans instead woke to the jarring news...

In Response to “A Gift of the Sea” by Liza Field

As a resident of Hampton Roads it’s encouraging to see the issue of sea level rise being of concern to folks who don’t...

The Real Costs of Illegal Immigration

Sarah Root and Joshua Wilkerson were like many young people you might know. Sarah just graduated from college and Joshua was a senior...

Deceased Veterans Should Never Be Forgotten

I want to say to the City of Roanoke and the surrounding area - thank you. Thank you Mark Wood and family that...