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RGGI Rebates for Some Ordered in New Budget Language
The pending conference report on adopting a new Virginia state budget includes a process to rebate the cost of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s carbon tax, but only to smaller customers and only if their utility is charging them for it directly. Larger energy users, especially the largest industrial, commercial and data customers, will still…
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The Governor Knows How to Throw Some Sharp Elbows
by Dick Hall-Sizemore All governors have ceremonial “signing” events for legislation that has already been officially signed into law. The purpose is to highlight both the legislation and its patrons. On June 16, Gov. Spanberger had a ceremony in Richmond in which she signed a batch of bills relating to gun violence. As she signed…
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Strangling the Goose
Question posed to Microsoft CoPilot : How much tax revenue do data centers generate in Virginia? How is that revenue split between state and local government? Answer: State tax revenue from data centers: ≈ $1.5 billion annually The Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2026 economic impact report finds that data centers contributed over $1.5 billion in annual state tax…
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Fairfax Schools’ Pricey Legal Advice Disguised as ‘Independent Investigation’
by Stephanie Lundquist-Arora Earlier this year, 13 girls attending Fairfax High School told school administrators that Israel Flores Ortiz, a 19-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador attending the school as a junior, groped their genitals in the hallway as they were transitioning between classes. In April, Ortiz was sentenced to 360 days in jail for multiple counts of…
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DSA Fighting “Fascism” in the Bluest City in Virginia
Translations for the uninitiated: DSA – Democratic Socialists of America. Read Stu Smith’s deep dive on DSA radicalism.
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Why NextEra Wants to Buy Dominion, What it Gets
by Steve Haner Dominion Energy Virginia and NextEra Energy are expected to file the necessary Virginia application for the sale of Dominion to the Florida company soon, probably in early July. Under present Virginia law, the State Corporation Commission will have six months to say yea or nay. Readers should first understand this is an…
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House Takes Initiative in Budget Battle
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The House of Delegates Appropriations Committee has taken the offensive in the budget impasse in the General Assembly. The committee has released its version of a budget conference bill. Based on the new revenue forecasts, the committee has proposed significant appropriation increases for education, social services, and other priorities of the legislature. …
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A Q&A on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
by Josh Cowen Publisher’s Note by Todd Truitt As Virginians await Governor Abigail Spanberger’s decision regarding continued participation in the new federal scholarship tax credit program—originally opted into by former Governor Glenn Youngkin in early 2026—Josh Cowen’s Q&A below offers an overview of how the program functions. Cowen, a longtime critic of traditional private school…
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It’s Not The Heat. It’s The Humidity.
by Kerry Dougherty It took me five seconds on AI to confirm what I already knew from living in the resort city for the past 42 years. Going outside in the summer is like walking into a dog’s mouth. So exactly what Mensa member designed the new Dome concert hall, with retractable hangar doors for…
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Did Anyone Even Notice?
by James C. Sherlock As a good citizen, this author was about to send a courtesy copy of today’s article, “Autism in Virginia,” to the Virginia Behavior Analyst Advisory Board, which helps the Board of Medicine regulate licensed behavior analysts. He found that the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board hadn’t met in a year. It…