The Future of the Piedmont Foundation pointed to the recent news that 2,000-plus data center-related jobs may be coming to Pittsylvania. The group urged Virginia to “honor its commitment” on tax policy or risk losing other industries.
Opinion
Why the redistricting results might not stand: It’s because of a Lynchburg man who wanted to run for office more than a century ago but never did
A 1912 Virginia Supreme Court case held that justices should let an election go forward, then rule afterwards if it was constitutional. Here’s the story.
Phillips: Richmond’s collective bargaining experience should be a warning for Virginia
In 2022, Richmond adopted collective bargaining with the promise of fairness and modernization. What followed was a massive financial commitment that is now reshaping the city’s budget.
Housing leader: Housing affordability starts with supply
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.
Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have lost more jobs than any other metro area with more than 1 million people
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.
2,050 jobs at $80,500 headed for Pittsylvania County? That could complicate data center tax talks and vindicate Youngkin
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.
Jefferson Institute leader: Collective bargaining will only further divide Virginia’s universities
Tuition increases are driven largely by labor and administrative costs — the largest components of university budgets. Collective bargaining will drive up those costs.
Professors at Virginia Tech and UVa: Exempting campus workers from collective bargaining hurts college towns
The move will attack the towns that host these institutions and the low-wage workers who make our colleges and universities run every day.
He nearly died on a softball field. Now an unlikely partnership between a liberal activist and a conservative legislator has turned this athlete’s close call into a bill.
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.
Private college leader: 23,000 students could see their tuition assistance grants reduced
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.”

