Category Archives: Government Reform

Time to Take the Lead on Education Reform

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Dr. Karen Hiltz

To say our country is experiencing difficult times is an understatement: COVID 19, protests, riots, death, and destruction. Are we in trying times or what? However, with any disruption to a routine, there’s opportunity. I believe this is an opportunity … Continue reading →

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New Data Shows Transit Is Changing

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Baruch Feigenbaum

Transit agencies are in crisis mode. The Covid-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place orders across the country led to ridership declines of up to 95%. But even before this crisis, transit agencies were losing ridership. Recently, the Center for Urban Transportation Research … Continue reading →

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COVID Declared a Workplace Emergency in Virginia: Will New Regulations Drive Business Out of Business?

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Stephen D. Haner

The Northam Administration’s Safety and Health Codes Board agreed June 24 that COVID-19 in the state’s workplaces demands an emergency state response, but the nature and exact wording of that response remains undecided.  If adopted, formal regulations come with the potential for … Continue reading →

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Stop the Problem Before It Begins

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Christian Braunlich

With the General Assembly taking up policing reform in this summer’s special session, there should be at least one bill stopping a problem before it begins. Most big problems are created by a small number of people.  The same is … Continue reading →

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How the Green New Deal Destroys the Environment

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Paul Driessen

The US Supreme Court recently ruled 7-2 to reverse a lower court ruling invalidating a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will bring West Virginia natural gas to Virginia and North Carolina, for home heating, factory power, electricity generation and … Continue reading →

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