Last night the Albemarle County School Board voted 5 to 1 to adopt a policy prohibiting student organizations said to promote or endorse violence, harassment or hatred. Critics noted that the policy would be used to ban noncurricular student organizations. including TPUSA, from hosting guest speakers during the school day. Here follows a letter (minus…

The ruling casts doubt on similar law in Virginia. by Hans Bader Virginia attorney general Jay Jones is being sued over a Virginia law that bans landlords from discriminating against people who use federal housing vouchers to pay their rent. Landlords often don’t like accepting those vouchers because they have to waive their Fourth Amendment…

by the Jefferson Council A number of recent mysterious events have brought into the open serious concerns involving the issues of transparency and accountability—two topics that have been subjects of repeated controversy by various elements of the University community. As devotees of Conan Doyle and the sleuth of Baker Street, we have put on our…

Former Secretary of Finance Steve Cummings explains how the Youngkin administration saved hundreds of millions of dollars a year through tighter financial controls: more internal audits, better cash flow management, stronger cyber-security, and attention to nuts-and-bolts financial management.  Jim Bacon: Greetings, everyone. I’m Jim Bacon, and this is the Oinkonomics podcast. In our last podcast,…

The financial infrastructure behind Virginia’s transformation by Jeff Bayard In Part 1, we documented the sanctuary architecture already built across Virginia. In Part 2, we identified the organizations executing the playbook. Now we follow the money—tracing Virginia sanctuary funding to its sources. Policy campaigns require staff, offices, lobbyists, and lawyers. Someone pays for all of it. Our…

The Answer Coalition posted a call online on Feb. 28 for support of their Day of Protest on March 2 at 39 locations across the country against the US. and Israel war against Iran.      “Initial co-sponsors of this day of protest include: ANSWER Coalition, The People’s Forum, National Iranian-American Council, Democratic Socialists of America,…

Last week the state Supreme Court negated the 2020 votes of 2.8 million Virginians who supported redistricting reform. by Scott Dreyer On Friday, February 13, the Supreme Court of Virginia (SCOVA) overruled a lower judge and stated that an election about the redistricting of Virginia’s 11 Congressional seats can proceed. Democrats, angered by President Trump’s urging GOP-led states to gerrymander their Congressional lines ahead of this year’s midterm elections,…