Opinion

Virginians should ask a simple question: If a regulation is worth imposing on millions of citizens, why shouldn’t government be required to show its work?

The state budget includes multiple items that promote artificial intelligence. State colleges are adding AI programs. All these require data centers.

The budget has many good programs, but in the totality, it is growing the government in an unsustainable manner.

Some counties have adopted standards stricter than those of many other jurisdictions. In doing so, localities risk discouraging private investment and limiting landowners’ ability to use their property.

Virginia’s score rose or stayed the same in seven of 10 categories. The biggest drop was in “economy,” which CNBC blamed on federal cutbacks.

We got a chance this week to see some things about politics that are usually hidden from public view.

Local governments say they shouldn’t have trouble paying their share because they had already budgeted for a June primary that got moved, but the next fiscal year may have more elections than they had planned for.

Virginia has repeatedly adapted to transportation revolutions — from railroads and interstate highways to commercial aviation, seaports and commercial spaceflight. Autonomous mobility represents another such transition.

Broadly speaking, the movie is true to the big facts but, like many biopics, sometimes rearranges pesky details to fit the cinematic storytelling.