Here’s a look at the alternative system and how it would alter our politics.
Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org or 540-529-1136.
Southwest Virginia energy park will bring alternative and nuclear energy to old coal mining land
The Energy DELTA Lab isn’t a lab in the conventional sense. Think of it as the coal country equivalent of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center.
No, we’re not losing young adults. We have a different demographic problem.
Rural Virginia doesn’t lose an unusual percentage of young adults. The problem is that it doesn’t attract others to replace them the way urban areas do.
Why is Youngkin’s popularity going up?
Why are approval ratings up for a Republican governor in what had been a Democratic state? Here are two possible explanations, and what they mean for both parties.
Miyares visits Virginia’s largest state prison with former Gov. Allen
Attorney General Miyares made an unannounced visit to Red Onion State Prison on Thursday and brought along the two people most responsible for its construction.
What kind of community college chancellor should the state hire?
Should the next hire be someone from academia or someone from the business world? Here’s what other states have done.
Should Roanoke’s federal courthouse be renamed?
Former U.S. Attorney John Fishwick proposes it be renamed after the late civil rights attorney Reuben Lawson. Here’s why.
Youngkin’s energy plan shows the changing politics of energy
Here’s the Republican governor of a coal-producing state who is not talking up coal.
Why do we have only one state capital?
The Virginia Supreme Court once met in Staunton, Winchester and Wytheville. So why can’t we redistribute state government around Virginia?
How much population growth could Southwest and Southside handle?
Many localities are far smaller than they were at their historic highs.