The Issues

Energy Freedom

Another Major Victory for Agriculture

On Nov. 21, 2016, EPA won an important case for American farmers. EPA defended farmers’ rights to plant seeds coated with neonicotinoids – a class of insecticides that kill insects...

Gary Baise
December 14, 2016

Energy Facts & Figures for Dummies Part X

(This is part X of this series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle...

Jefferson Forum
December 14, 2016

Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies, Part IX

(This is part IX of this series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle...

Jefferson Forum
November 30, 2016

Environmentalists file another ammonia notice with EPA

After last week’s blog, a helpful reader told me environmental groups already have filed the proper paperwork with EPA to file another lawsuit forcing it to review the possibility of...

Jefferson Forum
November 9, 2016

Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies, Part VIII

(This is part VIII of this series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle...

Jefferson Forum
November 9, 2016

New EPA Regulations Harm Economic Growth

As Virginia struggles to figure out how to build a more robust economic future, employ more of our citizens in better paying jobs, and encourage those who have left the...

Mike Thompson
October 26, 2016

What’s the Hold-up on the Surry-Skiffes Permit?

In the late summer of 2015, Dominion Virginia Power issued grave warnings that residents and businesses of the Williamsburg-Newport News area could face electricity blackouts if the power company didn’t...

Jefferson Forum
October 26, 2016

Another ammonia case dismissed, but the environmentalists will keep fighting

On Dec. 7, 2015, I wrote that ammonia regulation of large animal operations would be delayed again. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement...

Gary Baise
October 26, 2016

Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies, Part VII

(This is part VII of this series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle...

Jefferson Forum
October 26, 2016

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.