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Virginia's executive mansion. Courtesy of Leonard Woody.
Posted inOpinion

Advice for the next candidates for governor

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

The first moves in the 2025 governor’s race are happening now. None of those candidates are from this part of the state, so here’s what they should know about us.

Localities in green had more people move in than move out between 2020 and 2021. Localites in red had more people move out than move in. Note: This is not the same as overalll population growth or decline. Some localities gaining people through migration may still be losing population overall if deaths outnumber births -- and the number of new residents. Data courtesy of the IRS.
Posted inOpinion

New migration data shows an uptick of people moving into some rural areas

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Most of Virginia is seeing more people move in than move out. It’s Northern Virginia that is driving the state’s overall out-migration.

The D. Lathan Mims Award.
Posted inOpinion

Local newspaper editorials are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 15, 2023May 14, 2023

The Virginia Press Association this year awarded no prize for editorial leadership in the community because there weren’t enough entries. This has never happened before.

Posted inOpinion

Commerce Department opens bids for regional tech hubs. Are we ready?

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 12, 2023May 12, 2023

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has advised that Southwest Virginia would be better if it had just one bid, not multiple ones. So far, that hasn’t happened.

Workforce statistics for the Roanoke MSA. Source: Federal Reserve.
Posted inOpinion

Employment and labor force surge past pre-pandemic levels, reaching highest level in over nine years

by John Hull May 12, 2023May 11, 2023

Positive in-migration supports economic growth in the Roanoke region.

The Roanoke College Class of 1903. At front left is Kim Kyusik, who went on to become a Korean independence leader. Courtesy of Roanoke College.
Posted inOpinion

Roanoke College’s hidden history: How it defied the times to attract Korean students in the late 1800s and early 1900s

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 11, 2023May 10, 2023

The school is now hoping to renew those ties and establish a Center for East Asian Studies.

Posted inOpinion

Automatic license plate readers are a bad deal for Virginia. That’s why we already rejected them.

Chap Petersen. by Chap Petersen and Bill Stanley May 11, 2023May 10, 2023

The General Assembly rejected two bills to allow law enforcement to use this technology. Now the Criminal Justice Services Board may bypass legislative intent.

Screenshot from Del. Marie March's Facebook post.
Posted inOpinion

Del. March is the only legislator who couldn’t get any bills past her own party

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 10, 2023May 12, 2023

The Floyd County Republican couldn’t get any bills passed by a Republican House of Delegates. Other Republican delegates with a 0 pass rate had bills passed by the House but killed by a Democratic Senate.

Senate District 11. Courtesy of Virginia Supreme Court.
Posted inOpinion

Sen. Deeds says he gets more bills passed than Del. Hudson. Here’s why.

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

A legislator’s batting average isn’t a perfect guide to what kind of legislator they are. Here are some of the factors that go into getting bills passed.

View south along Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) from the overpass for Virginia State Route 694 (Lewinsville Road) in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, with the skyline of Tysons Corner visible in the distance. Courtesy of Famartin.
Posted inOpinion

For ninth straight year, more people move out of Virginia than move in

Avatar photo by Dwayne Yancey May 8, 2023May 7, 2023

New data from the Internal Revenue Service show that Northern Virginia is losing the most people, and it seems to be primarily working-age adults, not retirees.

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