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Opinion: Commentary: A Dysfunctional House
Universal background checks has an approval rate among voters hovering around 90 percent.
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Column: Kids Count
Officials at all levels of government need to demonstrate that we know how much kids count!
An index of key indicators in four domains measures what children need most in order to thrive: (1) economic well-being, (2) education, (3) health and (4) family and community.
Governor Proposes New Budget
Commentary
In Virginia a governor can serve two terms, but the terms cannot be successive. All newly elected governors of Virginia take office at the beginning of a biennial budget cycle where the outgoing governor has proposed a budget for that cycle. Since the General Assembly is considering the budget when the new governor comes into office, the new governor can attempt to influence the legislature’s consideration of the budget.
Opinion: Commentary: Virginia Voters Can Contribute to the State’s Progressive Future
The year 2020 has been filled with major ups and downs, but nowhere has the good news been clearer than in the Virginia legislature.
Opinion: Commentary: Changing Face of Virginia
The results of the 2020 U.S. Census remind us that the world around us changes in more ways than we might consciously detect or understand.
Uncertain Future for School Reform
For more than a quarter century the Virginia School Boards Association has been sponsoring a summer program, the "Governor’s Conference on Education." Traditionally the governor has made an appearance as luncheon speaker, but the main program has been a series of small group presentations by teachers, administrators and others of successful practices they have used in their classrooms, schools, or public school systems.
Column: Crossover
Last week was "crossover" for the General Assembly- the time when each house of the legislature must complete consideration of bills introduced into its chamber.
Reston Column: Cyber Security
Commentary
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month as designated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
A Mixed Bag: General Assembly Session 2017
Commentary
The best way I can describe the 2017 session of the General Assembly is to call it a mixed bag.