Opinion

If we are serious about affordability and wealth building, the path forward is clear: Build more homes at prices working families can afford, invest in counseling and credit readiness, and create sustainable pathways from renting to owning.

Two new economic reports paint a pessimistic picture for the Virginia economy, particularly its two biggest regional economies. They matter to rural Virginia because that’s where much of our school funding comes from.

What kind of tax breaks, if any, data center companies should get are at the center of budget negotiations in Richmond. Meanwhile, these would be more jobs, at a higher pay, than what Youngkin passed on when he nixed the Ford deal.

Tuition increases are driven largely by labor and administrative costs — the largest components of university budgets. Collective bargaining will drive up those costs.

The move will attack the towns that host these institutions and the low-wage workers who make our colleges and universities run every day.

State Sen. Bill Stanley’s bill to require automated external defibrillators at sporting events now goes to the governor. Here’s the story behind it.

A modest investment by the General Assembly can prevent that disruption at a moment when students and families already face substantial uncertainty from changes in federal student aid policy enacted in last summer’s reconciliation law, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

Allowing public employees to unionize would drive up costs.

UVa workers deserve a seat at the table and a chance to negotiate for fair working hours and workplace protections. Unfortunately, state employees are barred from engaging in collective bargaining.