Barack Obama could have been referring to our community, when he said that “[t]he most liberal communities in the country aren’t that liberal when it comes to affordable housing.”
Freeing up Virginia’s liquor market is more worthwhile than just busting its whiskey black market.
Too much government authority lends itself to swatting-style abuse.
The Libertarian Party's state affiliates in New Mexico and Virginia have broken away amid ideological and procedural turmoil—and the Virginia branch may have dissolved entirely.
An effort to ban sales of two books to minors ended with a Virginia judge saying that the state’s obscenity statute is “unconstitutional on its face."
The governor blamed local restrictions on new development for the state's rapidly rising rents and home prices.
Educational freedom is good for everybody but unions, bureaucrats, and the education establishment.
Occupational licensing reform is a popular cause, but barriers remain too high.
The Virginia governor's proposed 15-week ban shows what a moderate approach to abortion looks like.
The federal bailout of state and local governments padded the paychecks of many public employees.
Republicans are in danger of squandering a promising opportunity for education reform on culture war squabbles.
Plus: The roots of the housing crisis, the U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders Miranda warnings, a judge halts Kentucky's abortion law, and more...
The school board is fighting a federal judge’s ruling against a new admissions policy at Virginia's elite Thomas Jefferson High School.
The new admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology did not explicitly discriminate based on race. But the court found it was intended to reduce the number of Asian students admitted, in order to increase the percentage of students from other groups.
Meanwhile, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are in a bidding war to decide which taxpayers will have the chance to pay for the Washington Commanders' new stadium. It shouldn't be this way.
Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.
The bill was introduced in response to a state investigation that found police used fake forensic evidence during interrogations.
Miyares' office says the conviction integrity unit is being expanded. Time will tell if it will have the independence and resources to succeed.
After sweeping last November's elections, Virginia Republicans look to roll back Democratic gun laws.
Virginia is moving on without the Democratic duo.
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
The victim denied police permission to search his home. Cop shouted, "I don't need your permission!"
After doing the jobs of teacher, coach, and cafeteria monitor for more than a year, many parents resented being told to sit down and shut up.
If police dogs assault innocent people at their handlers’ direction, it’s usually treated as the victim’s fault.
Plus: Consumer prices surge, a Virginia school district talks openly about burning books, and more...
Children are too important to be entrusted to unions or government monopolies.
Panicked Americans surrendered a lot of authority during the pandemic. Now they want their country back.
Politicians continue to ignore—or insult—independents at their peril.
One of the hardest political lessons to learn is that pocketbook issues are the main driving force of electoral successes and failures.
Plus: The Twin cities both say yes to rent control, Eric Adams will be the next mayor of New York City, and more...
From COVID-19 closures to critical race theory, Republicans can fix schools by giving families more choice.
Parents are at their wits' end and that might cost the Democrats the governor's race.
Plus: The Twin Cities will both vote on rent control ballot initiatives, New Jersey and Virginia voters will pick a new governor, and more...
Calling voters racist is an odd closing argument, let alone an effective response to concerns over schools.
Plus, speculation around Virginia's heated gubernatorial race
The governor’s race could be an opening for the culture war, or an opportunity for school choice policies that offer just about everybody what they want.
"It's really important to remember why we are talking about school boards at all: because it's about white supremacy," says Jeffrey Toobin. That's how Youngkin wins.
Plus: The Facebook revelations that weren't, plans for the world's first commercial space station, and more....
Casinos, sports betting, and even online lottery sales are okay. Electronic skill games have no such luck.
The refusal leaves in place a federal court decision favoring trans students' right to insist on accommodation.
Punishing players for kneeling, or not kneeling, is a First Amendment violation at public universities.
A Virginia lawyer successfully defended her stepson in court. Three days later, police raided her house using a flimsy search warrant.
Certain politicians and pundits are living in a 1930s fantasy world.
Joe Biden, meanwhile, supports continued national prohibition, maintaining an untenable conflict between state and federal laws.
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