Contrary to popular belief, some college athletic programs around the country do stand on their own without reliance on school funding or student fees. Just not the ones in Virginia.
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Labor relations group: Big labor Virginia state senator spins anti-right-to-work fables
Right-to-Work is overwhelming popular with the commonwealth’s citizens, and states with such laws typically enjoy far faster employment growth and substantially higher cost-of-living-adjusted disposable incomes than forced-dues states.
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State senator: Right-to-work law lowers wages. It should be repealed.
It’s not a coincidence that as union membership goes down, wealth inequality has gone up.
It’s not a coincidence that the decline of union membership mirrors the decline of the middle class.
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Report shows Southside Virginia has more than 3,400 health care jobs that are unfilled
The report shows there’s a mismatch between the workers available and the jobs available. Southside has manufacturing workers with no jobs but health care jobs with no workers available to fill them.
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Helmer: On illegal National Guard deployments, Virginia cannot be silent
No longer can we assume that members of the Virginia National Guard will be deployed legally and their lives surrendered only in defense of our Constitution and country — or that they won’t be used against the American people.
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Military action in Venezuela puts Kaine back in national spotlight for his quest to curtail presidential war powers
Throughout his 13 years in the Senate, Kaine has been a consistent critic of presidents — both Republicans and fellow Democrats — for what he believes is the misuse of American military power without congressional consent.
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26 questions for 2026
Here are 26 things to look for in the coming year. How they turn out will determine what kind of year this will be in Virginia.
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Should students have to pay fees to support intercollegiate sports? Here’s what readers have to say.
Some say “definitely.” Others say “idiotic.”
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The year began with 25 questions for 2025. Now we have 25 answers.
We began the year by posing 25 questions about what might happen this year. Here’s a look back at the year.
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As attorney general, Jones will inherit many cases from Miyares. One of the most contentious involves giraffes.
The attorney general’s office is pursuing legal action against the Natural Bridge Zoo. That includes finding two missing baby giraffes, which a recent countersuit claimed are “nonexistent.”