HANER: Youngkin Prevents Two Tax Increases, Will Still Sign Record State Budget
After much political theater, the Virginia General Assembly and Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) have now compromised on a $188 billion state budget based simply on the revenue projected from current tax law, with neither tax hikes nor tax reductions. Making those revenue projections slightly more optimistic eased the path. With both sides backing off their desire to change […]
Top Republican Pushes Youngkin For Trump’s VP
Could Governor Glenn Youngkin be heading for a higher office after all? Top conservative voices are doing their best to influence Donald Trump’s choice for the office of Vice President. CBS News reported: Rupert Murdoch has hinted to several friends who move in Trump’s social circles that he would be happy with a Republican ticket […]
AG Miyares Joins Effort To Challenge Biden’s Title IX Changes
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a coalition of Republican attorneys general from multiple states in opposition to new Title IX regulations aimed at safeguarding victims of campus sexual assault and LGBTQ+ students’ rights. Miyares labeled the alterations as a “dangerous overhaul” of Title IX, expressing concerns about its impact on students, families, and […]
Buc-ees Eyes Stafford As Third Virginia Location
Company has submitted a conditional use application to allow construction of a travel center with vehicle fuel sales in Garrisonville district. Buc-ees, the Texas-based chain of travel centers, is looking at Stafford County as the site of its third Virginia location. The company wants to open a travel center on a 36.18-acre site at the […]
George Washington University Administrators Sentenced By Student Tribunal
A mock tribunal at George Washington University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment sentenced school administrators on Friday. Student agitators tried President Ellen Granberg, Provost Christopher Bracey, the Board of Trustees, campus police, and others, all in absentia. And it was all caught on camera. At one point, an unidentified female activist asks the crowd, “How do the […]
LINGAMFELTER: The New Brownshirts
Sometimes I wonder if we have lost our nation to infantile and spoiled brats who think they are sufficiently knowledgeable of world events when in fact they are narrow-minded—and lately—profoundly anti-Semitic. I speak of the Hamas apologists who have brought violence to our intellectually castrated university campuses across the country. They remind me of the […]
DAVIS: Adult Literacy is a Growing Problem
Can you name the last book that you read? For about a quarter of Americans, if they can remember a title, it’s been more than a year since they’ve read it. According to a 2021 Pew Research survey, roughly a quarter of American adults—including 38 percent of Hispanic adults, 25 percent of Black adults and 20 percent of […]
Poll: Trump Leads Biden As Majority Of Americans Agree On Key Development
A new poll from CNN has cast a light on exactly how unpopular incumbent President Joe Biden really is heading into the November general election. Biden’s approval rating is down 2% since January, as new polling from CNN shows him trailing former President Trump, 49% to 43%. CNN reported: Looking back, 55% of all Americans […]
Fmr. Director Of Virginia Children’s Hospital Cleared Of Sexually Abusing Patients
The former director of a Virginia hospital that treats children and young adults has been acquitted following a high-profile trial. Dr. Daniel Davidow was indicted in November 2022 for allegedly subjecting two patients to sexual abuse. Several lawsuits were filed against Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County by more than three […]