Yesterday was “crossover,” the mid-point of the 2013 General Assembly session and the day when each chamber must complete work on its own bills. It’s also a day that saw two substantial pro-family victories.

The Senate passed a priority for … Read more>

Deputy health commissioner resigns effective Feb. 14

Grover Norquist targets legislators over ‘road tax’

Charter school fights uphill battle in Loudoun County

Human rights ordinance on Council agenda Monday night

Finding agreement on abortion politics

Schapiro: Cuccinelli comes a’courting — Bolling… Read more>

Cuccinelli backed failed bill to ease ultrasound rule

With debate stifled, panel kills ultrasound option

Bill to ease pre-abortion ultrasound requirement stalls

Virginia Senate kills right-to-work, charter school amendments

Cohabitation would be legal under Senate bill

Virginia Senate committee votes … Read more>

With the first two weeks of this year’s short session progressing at a less than brisk pace, it was inevitable that the start of the last week before “crossover” would be hectic. Monday did not disappoint. No less than three … Read more>

As we celebrated the birth of our nation over the weekend, a George Mason University Mercatus Center study pronounced Virginia the “ninth” freest state in the nation (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Taking into consideration tax rates, criminal law, education and … Read more>

Annotations & Elucidations

Obsessed Thee With KC

Never before has a Virginia attorney general dominated the headlines and driven the debate (nationally as well as in state) as Ken Cuccinelli — and he’s only a little more than two months … Read more>

Virginia won’t truly prosper until it reforms public education. To do that, massive reforms must be made. We must have education freedom and choice. I like to tell people the analogy economist Walter E. Williams: Suppose your local government drew … Read more>

House Majority Whip and Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Delegate Kirk Cox (R-66, Colonial Heights) appeared on Richmond’s Morning News with Jimmy Barrett this morning on WRVA-AM, with the Lee Brothers substituting for Barrett. Most of their questions … Read more>

Annotations & Elucidations

Little News Is At Least Okay

If no news is good news, a little news must be at least okay. Today’s headlines are few but bring encouragement. First, a bill has been filed for the upcoming session of … Read more>

Educrats and assorted opponents of school choice and competition love to point to statistics that show student achievement in charter schools is no greater than in government-run schools. Therefore, they demand that we stop ”taking away resources” from public schools.

(First, … Read more>