The Washington Post-Schar School poll found that her 47% approval rating is lower than the early-term average approval ratings for any of Virginia’s previous governors going back to George Allen, who was elected in 1993.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is founding editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
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The Roanoke Valley once struggled to create a new economic sector. Now it has one, but challenges with city revenues and downtown remain.
Roanoke has expressed interest in a casino. Center in the Square is pushing out established tenants as part of a new business plan. A study puts a dollar figure on the value of Virginia Tech’s operations in Roanoke. Here’s how all this fits together in the grand sweep of the valley’s history.
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Virginia’s proposed 10-1 redistricting map raises an old question: How much representation should a political majority allow a minority to have?
Our founders didn’t envision gerrymandering because they didn’t envision parties, but they did write about many of the philosophical issues at play in Virginia’s special election.
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Lynchburg Republicans test the law on nominations. This likely will set a precedent however it goes.
Here’s what’s at stake, both in Lynchburg and across the state.
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Across Europe and the Mideast, the star of TV news coverage is a former Virginia legislator with ties to Franklin County
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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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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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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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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Roanoke is not alone in trying to figure out how to generate more concerts for its facilities
We have more entertainment options than we did when the Berglund Center opened in 1971 as the Roanoke Civic Center, but those acts also have an increasing number of other places where they can play.