A recent poll shows that inflation is the top concern for Virginia voters and women’s reproductive rights ranks low. That’s a potential danger sign for Democrats.

Dwayne Yancey
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The number of single-parent households in Virginia is down 32%
Only one locality saw the number increase. The biggest declines were in rural localities. Here’s why.
Attorney General Miyares was prescient about college sports realignment
He has warned that neither neither the University of Virginia nor Virginia Tech should do anything in regard to conference realignment that hurts the other school. That warning has now become more urgent with the sudden implosion of the Pac-12 conference and Florida State’s threat to leave the ACC.
These numbers show how Youngkin could get elected president
A poll by Virginia Commonwealth University showed Youngkin beating Biden in a hypothetical matchup in Virginia. The important thing is which voters might switch their support to him.
The day a bear tried to break into my house
Or, why we’re seeing more bears across Virginia, and not just out in the woods.
Turnout in the Roanoke Valley’s Democratic Senate primary was next to lowest in the state
Only two primaries had a lower turnout, and in one of those, one of the candidates had dropped out before Election Day.
Youngkin for president? Four factors to keep in mind.
On Friday the governor meets with top donors in New York, ostensibly to talk up Virginia’s legislative elections but perhaps to audition for a presidential run.
There once was a legislative attempt to require that Virginia Tech and UVa be in the same athletic conference
With conference affiliations once again in flux, might we see this idea come back?
The tax holiday for school supplies once was popular with both parties. Now it’s gone.
Why aren’t legislators from both parties clamoring to reinstate? Here’s a clue.
Do we need a Cabinet secretary for rural Virginia? This law review article says we do.
An article in the University of Richmond Law Review spells out ways that the state could help boost the economy in rural Virginia.