Virginia
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Electric Power Reforms Gain Ground in Virginia
by David Wojick February 5, 2022Two big Bills designed to fix Virginia’s broken electric power system have cleared the first legislative hurdle, on the road to becoming law.
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The recent election in Virginia has provided a trove of “teachable moments.”
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Environment/Energy
Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ Will Have Dirty Results
by Paul Driessen March 4, 2020850-foot-tall turbines, 3.5 times DC covered with solar panels, mining, child labor, pricey power.
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Environment/Energy
Northam’s RGGI Move Would Add Injury to His Insult of Minorities
by Lindsey Stroud April 15, 2019Northam is threatening to veto legislation recently passed by the General Assembly that would require a two-thirds’ majority vote from the Assembly and Senate to allow the Commonwealth to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
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Environment/Energy
Taxpayers Are Being Ripped Off By New ‘Green Energy’ Project
by Steve Goreham November 20, 2018On Nov. 6, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission approved a project to construct wind turbines near Virginia Beach. The plan calls for construction of turbines 27 miles off the coast, to begin operation by the end of 2020.
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Health Care
Medicaid Expansion Does Not Provide ‘Free’ Money
by Matthew Glans and Lindsey Stroud June 28, 2018The Virginia General Assembly’s decision to expand the state’s already costly Medicaid program will have widespread effects on the state’s health care market
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Croplands, habitats, taxes, family budgets, safety sacrificed to enrich politically connected few?
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Determined progress on the “civil rights issue of our time,” despite unfortunate Republican opposition.
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LibertyPoliticsRandom
American Colonies: Despite What You Learn In School, It Was Mostly Private Enterprise
by Rob Natelson December 7, 2016Too many of us who are enthusiastic about space exploration and colonization expect the federal government to lead the way. We should learn from the founding of British colonies in America.
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Three cheers to the 11 Virginia General Assembly delegates who appropriately articulated to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority that the newly created “Metro Safety Commission should not be used as a vehicle to propose or recommend a new dedicated funding stream or tax increase to support Metro.”