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The good news : The United States is a global leader in reducing carbon pollution as we retire dirty coal plants and replace them with clean...

A recent report, The Impact of Coal on the Virginia State Budget  released by Downstream Strategies , takes an in-depth look the costs and b...

Governor Bob McDonnell finally went public with his budget recommendations and, as many expected, much of the bloodshed will come at the ex...

The Staunton News Leader's Jim McCloskey says it better in a cartoon than I could ever do in words. Bob McDonnell is dodging the peopl...

There is something going on that smells like road kill on hot August afternoon in the Shenandoah Valley. Our 140 lawmakers can derive income...

John Lesinski, Democratic candidate in the 15th House of Delegates district, has proposed that legislators' pay be suspended until the ...

The Virginia General Assembly will hold a special session today to deal with the aftermath of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts that will requ...

Blogs thrive on drawing lines in the sand and daring the guy on the other side to cross it. Bloggers don't often find a DMZ , much less ...

General Assembly Republicans, with cheerleading from Bob McDonnell, rejected changes in Virginia law that would have expanded unemployment b...

Brian Moran has decided to resign from his seat in the House of Delegates and concentrate on running for Governor of the Commonwealth of Vir...

At a time when the national economy and the state budget are in crisis, the news coming out of James Madison University seems to send a very...

Virginia is one of only a couple states in which the legislature selects judges. Since judges have set terms (varies by court) with no limit...