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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

As power demand surges, Va. lawmakers seem ready to add more energy storage to the grid at HUGE costs to citizens

Virginia lawmakers want to more than triple the amount of energy storage capacity Virginia’s two public utility companies — Dominion and Appalachian Power (ApCo) — must procure under the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA).

Limiting children’s social media access: a worthy notion with tremendous practical challenges

Virginia’s General Assembly would be doing our future a great service if it could rein in social media addiction for young people, the inspiration behind legislation it has approved and sent to Gov. Glenn Youngkin for his consideration.

Fairfax County Casino legislation passes in Virginia Democrat Senate

The Virginia State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would allow residents of Fairfax County to hold a referendum on casino gambling. The bill will now be considered by the Virginia House of Delegates.

Senate Democrats reject qualified university and state board members

Today, released the following statement in response to House and Senate rejecting 13 qualified university and board members.

“This is an unfortunate day. I hope Virginians will remember this moment of petty, partisan . My administration has always stood for excellence, appointing outstanding leadership to ‘s state and university boards. I would like to thank those who offered to serve, but were unfortunately removed today. I am grateful that they volunteered to serve the Commonwealth.

“Today the House failed in its duty to correct the injustice that occurred two weeks ago in the Senate. House Democrats stepped up their efforts and removed four additional individuals. These included a former senator from Virginia, a Hispanic veteran of war, a medical expert who is well-known, and a Virginia native and veteran.

“I am shocked and disappointed by the democratic leadership’s decision to remove thirteen highly qualified leaders who are national recognized in the fields law, finance and government, as well as , law enforcement and medicine. The most notable of these is a Jewish civil rights lawyer who was an invaluable asset at in a period when the campus experienced a high level of antisemitism.

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