Former Del. David Ramadan, who grew up in Lebanon and now teaches part-time at George Mason University, is an in-demand analyst about Middle Eastern news.
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Walker: The bills you’re not hearing about could cost Virginians the most
These bills will expand government, increase costs and limit individual freedoms in ways many Virginians haven’t had the chance to fully consider.
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Virginia’s largest county becomes a verb as ‘Don’t Fairfax Me’ signs pop up in rural areas
The “no” side in redistricting is invoking the specter of consolidating power in Northern Virginia as a way to motivate conservative rural voters.
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Economic development officials: Protect Virginia’s reputation and opportunity for responsible data center investment
If localities that once embraced data center investment now want to move in another direction, that is absolutely their right. But it would be unwise for the commonwealth of Virginia to pull up the ladder of economic opportunity before communities like ours even get to climb the first rung.
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What happens in April will set the political direction in Virginia for years to come
At least four political events in the coming month will prove consequential. Three of them come in the same week. Here’s a preview.
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Perriello hires Del. Lily Franklin as his campaign manager
The Montgomery County legislator says her job as a state delegate will come first.
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Cline: Stop the gerrymander
On April 21, voters will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment that would disenfranchise millions of voters by removing any chance that they’ll have a say in who represents them in Washington, D.C.
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VanValkenburg: A ‘yes’ vote is a vote for democratic accountability
Virginians can’t ignore the president’s political and constitutional norm busting and, most gravely, give the people who are actively trying to avoid democratic accountability a free pass.
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Proposed redistricting map splits Christiansburg between two congressional districts. Here are some other splits.
The current congressional map minimizes the number of localities divided between congressional districts. The proposed map increases them. Here are some of the ways localities in the western part of Virginia would be divided.
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Williams: Virginia doesn’t need a cabinet position on energy. It needs a different energy law.
An honest Chief Energy Officer would have to say what this administration is not positioned to say: the VCEA’s mandatory retirement of reliable generation on a fixed statutory timetable, against a backdrop of exploding data center demand, is structurally incompatible with affordable electricity.