Author: Morgan Sweeney | The Center Square, Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) – A new report shows which states pay the most, and the least, for their energy. The report from the American Legislative Exchange Council showed that Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho, Utah and Nebraska had the cheapest electricity, ranging from an average of 8.24 to 8.82 cents per kilowatt hour. Electricity was most…

(The Center Square) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Tuesday evening, calling on the federal government to resolve the dockworkers’ strike incapacitating major ports along the country’s East and Gulf coasts, including the Port of Virginia. “The time for leadership is now. President Biden has the tools to remedy this situation for the…

(The Center Square) — Virginia’s current political contests could hardly be closer, according to the University of Mary Washington’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies Fall 2024 poll. A little over a year out, the poll showed Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-07, and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the leading candidates for the commonwealth’s 2025 gubernatorial race,…

(The Center Square) — Schools in at least 35 cities or counties across Virginia have been targeted in social media or direct threats since the beginning of the school year, as a wave of school threats washes over the country. Law enforcement has found most of them baseless, some coming from out of state. Nonetheless, no…

(The Center Square) — After months of discussion and the adoption of similar programs by some of its neighbors, Loudoun County leadership voted down a guaranteed income pilot program. In a surprising turn of events, Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors abandoned the pursuit of a new economic mobility pilot in a 3-5-1 vote. Months earlier, in May,…

(The Center Square) — Greenhouse gas methane escapes capture in some cases, not due to deficiencies in capture technology but because of gaps in monitoring and interagency coordination, according to Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer. Beyer and Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., introduced legislation Wednesday to address those issues. “Innovative technologies are available to mitigate or capture…

(The Center Square) — After a “high-impact” drought in the late summer and fall of 2023 that resulted in several wildfires and another drought this summer, this year’s harvest has yielded some disappointing results for Virginia’s largest private industry. Though tropical storms are usually discussed in terms of negative impact, Tropical Storm Debby actually brought…

(The Center Square) — Immigration policy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released its updated map of American sanctuary locations on Thursday, revealing a surge in Virginia localities adopting sanctuary status. The center added 36 Virginia localities to its map for a total of 84. Besides sanctuary states, the commonwealth now tops the charts of…