Editorial: CNU and Newport News are right to confront the displacement of...
Christopher Newport University and the city of Newport News recently announced a joint task force to “understand, acknowledge and address the history and development” of the school and the city’s role...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 4: Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Gov. Greg Abbott are doing what the...
Support Texas Re “As Texas escalates border dispute, Youngkin misses a chance to lead” (Our Views, Jan. 27): I vehemently disagree with the editorial and its gross misrepresentation of the current...
View ArticleColumn: Drug board plan could undermine rare disease treatments
While we applaud efforts by advocates across the country to lower health care costs for all patients, we are alarmed that Virginia is considering creating prescription drug advisory boards (PDABs). The...
View ArticleColumn: Don’t foist broadband costs on Virginia’s electric co-ops
During this General Assembly session, like many of those in recent memory, the topic of broadband expansion has been front and center, justifiably so. However, this session is different from those of...
View ArticleColumn: Youngkin’s policies and budget won’t fix flood needs
This time a year ago, Virginia had an elegant approach to dealing with our flood problems. We had guaranteed funding from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a carbon offset auction market wherein...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 5: Continue funding the Marcus Alert program to address...
Marcus Alert In Portsmouth, Virginia Organizing has focused on mental health the past few years. We advocated to get mindfulness into public schools. We have three people on the citizen advisory board...
View ArticleColumn: Bidenomics’ rosy data vs. the price of Snickers bars
By many indicators that matter to a lot of brilliant economists, industrialists, financial analysts and Democratic Party politicians, “Bidenomics” is delivering the goods. But for rank-and-file voters,...
View ArticleColumn: Critics are missing the forest for the trees
With 2024 election campaign already heating up, many pundits have become obsessed with explaining the disconnect between the economy’s strong performance and Americans’ stark disapproval of how...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 6: We can’t ignore Amendment 14, Section 3
The Constitution Re “Virginia is among states supporting a Supreme Court review of Trump’s ballot eligibility” (Jan. 8): On Thursday the Supreme Court will consider the Colorado Supreme Court...
View ArticleColumn: Protect property rights by regulating hunting dogs
The third Saturday in November marks the opening day of Virginia’s firearms deer season. It also turns into seven weeks of frustration for landowners in many parts of the state. Hunters turn dogs loose...
View ArticleEditorial: Cleaning up PFAS in Virginia comes with a staggering price tag
A presentation to the State Water Commission in December brought home the enormity and the potential cost of the problems Virginia faces as it tries to deal with drinking water that is contaminated...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 7: Portsmouth City Council needs to get it together and vet...
City assessor Re “Ousted Portsmouth assessor speaks out about allegations made before vote to replace her” (Jan. 24): The dysfunctional clown show known as Portsmouth City Council has done it again,...
View ArticleColumn: “Cover All Kids” legislation would improve childhood health
Virginia ranks 25th nationally in the percentage of children who lack health insurance according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The commonwealth has the 11th highest total number of uninsured children in...
View ArticleEditorial: Defense secretary must rebuild trust after unexpected absence
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week took responsibility for not notifying the White House when he was hospitalized at the beginning of January, an important first step in rebuilding trust with...
View ArticleLetters for Feb. 8: Bike lanes on Granby Street are bad for traffic and won’t...
Good luck Re “Bike lanes” (Your Views Jan. 24): The party line we are being sold is that bike lanes are popular and being used by a large number of bikers. Yet, as the letter writer observed, that...
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