Virginia Political News

Wielding irony like a razor-sharp butcher’s knife, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has proposed a series of amendments on bills intended to promote renewable energy that basically reverse the impact and do just the opposite. One amendment would even repeal the 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), which is central to Virginia Democratic climate politics and future The post Youngkin Vetoes Many Bad Energy Bills, Uses Substitutes to Flip Others to Good Bills appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

Last night, as promised repeatedly during the campaign, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education (the Department). The order also ensures the continued delivery of essential services such as federal student aid and funding for students with disabilities. This historic move will The post Virginia is Ready to Take Full Control of Education appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

Despite a shortened 2025 General Assembly session due to a water plant failure in Richmond, Legislators still managed to introduce and debate almost 2,500 bills — an impressive workload by any measure.  In the end, however, a total of 1,440 of those bills were killed, with 409 (or 28 percent) killed without even the dignity The post Virginia General Assembly Recap and Veto/Sign Recommendations for Governor Youngkin appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

Writing in the blog Bacon’s Rebellion, Arlington parent and self-described “Obama Democrat” Todd Truitt has come out swinging against a Virginia budget amendment to spend $12 million extra “to improve student performance in mathematics.” His argument?  Without Governor’s amendments, these extra funds won’t help math outcomes and will probably hurt. Mr. Truitt’s main point is The post Use the Budget to Improve Math Education appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

The expanded use of natural gas as a fuel for electricity is the key debate in Dominion Energy Virginia’s integrated resource plan pending before the State Corporation Commission. Not waiting for the decision in that case to come later this year, the utility has now filed an application to start building the first of those gas The post Rapid Federal Policy Changes Make Dominion’s Energy Resource Plan Moot appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.