Category Archives: Government Reform

Annual Highway Report Analyzes State Highway Systems’ Performance: Virginia Drops To 21

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Baruch Feigenbaum

Reason Foundation recently released its 25th Annual Highway Report, a yearly evaluation of the conditions and cost-effectiveness of state highway systems. The report uses data reported by states to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as a condition of receiving their federal highway … Continue reading →

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Could the Loudoun Drowning Tragedy Have Been Avoided?

Posted on September 23, 2020 by John M. Palatiello

A decade ago, I wrote a column in this space regarding a quality assurance process for professional architecture, engineering, surveying, mapping and related services codified in Federal law, and most state laws, including Virginia. The “Brooks Act”, the Federal law … Continue reading →

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The Disaster Called the Virginia Clean Economy Act

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Collister Johnson

The Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), passed in April by the Virginia Assembly and signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam, provides both the legal framework for electric energy production in the Commonwealth for the forseeable future, and also prescribes … Continue reading →

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The Gory Details of Levar Stoney’s Statue Contract

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Jim Bacon

When Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney needed help taking down the city’s Confederate statues, he turned to Devon Henry, a prominent local construction contractor who had donated $4,000 to his 2016 mayoral campaign and political action committee. No local crane & … Continue reading →

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Time to Fix a Broken System

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Delegate Jason Miyares

Do you trust politicians to do what’s right? If you’re like the vast majority of Virginia voters, the answer is likely a resigned ‘no.’ Democrats and Republicans spend so much time fighting each other to score points that they seldom … Continue reading →

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