Though only out of office for a month, it is already clear that one of the most important and potentially lasting legacies of the administration of former Puerto Rico Governor...

Smart traffic lights are no cure-all for Virginia’s congested road network but VDOT increasingly regards them as part of the solution. Northern Virginia traffic was quieter than usual in the...

An anti-poverty commission appointed by Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has produced a schizophrenic report recommending how to address poverty in the city. On the one hand, it proffers some...

(This column ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on February 4, 2013.) Home affordability in the Richmond region stood at its highest level in the third quarter of last year...

This spring, the Commonwealth will make an important decision on how to move forward with the public-private partnership proposals it has received to privatize The Port of Virginia. Virginia has...

Each of the nation’s 366 metropolitan statistical areas saw a year-over-year increase in personal income in 2011 — the first time since 2007. Richmond had the fastest personal income growth...

(Publisher’s note: The financial solvency of Social Security impacts Virginia, young and old alike. This column is one perspective.) To resolve Social Security’s looming financial shortfalls, one of the primary...