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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...

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....

Thankful for the Little Things

I don’t usually reflect much on the abundant amenities of where I live. Generally I take the wide open spaces, fresh air, breathtaking sunsets...