A state scholarship program helping students with disabilities access a private program that would better meet their needs would have important advantages for both parents and the public, according to a new paper written by William Hurd, former Virginia state Solicitor General. The paper, The Legal Consequences of a Tuition Assistance Grant...
“We are particularly pleased by Governor-elect Bob McDonnell’s selection of Gerard Robinson to be the next Virginia Secretary of Education. Mr. Robinson’s career demonstrates that he will bring a singular focus to the Governor-elect’s effort to improve academic achievement among educationally at-risk students. “As a policy researcher, he understands the...
A new study completed by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy demonstrates that current Fairfax County government and school spending was severely reduced because of the recession. It also showed that spending policies over the past ten years were responsible for the current budget crisis faced by the county. Michael Thompson,...
“… score standards were adopted that made it easier for students to pass; and changes in accreditation regulations let schoolsoff the hook for their failures.” The words of Governor Glenn Youngkin at Thursday’s unveiling of a new report analyzing the decline of Virginia’s public education? Nope. They came from The Washington Post, in a...
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) has moved to open to public inspection much of the secret data and analysis about Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. His petition filed with the State Corporation Commission April 29 comes about two weeks before formal hearings on the application...
As measured by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Virginia’s economic outlook has continued its precipitous drop and now barely ranks in the top half among the American states, 24th out of 50. A decade ago it was in the top five, ranking third in 2011 and 2012 and fifth...
Testimony filed by the State Corporation Commission staff on April 8 opened a slight possibility that the Commission could reject Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed $10 billion wind project off Virginia Beach. It all depends on how the SCC decides to calculate the project’s levelized cost of energy (LCOE), the dollar...
Passing the state budget, which is a blueprint of how state tax money in Virginia must be spent during the next two years, is one of the General Assembly’s most important jobs. So the failure of the legislature to pass a budget for the 2022-2024 biennium during this year’s regular...
“I urge you again to contact your Senators and Congressmen …. Tell them you believe this is an unequaled opportunity to help return America to prosperity and make government again the servant of the people.”— Ronald ReaganJuly 27, 1981 Richmond, like Washington, has always been a place where an “insider’s...
