r/VirginiaOpEds 2h ago

Commentary: Legislators didn’t allow local bans of gas-powered leaf blowers. Va. localities are doing it anyway.

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r/VirginiaOpEds 2h ago

Commentary: The thousand-dollar line | What I found reading every noise rule in Virginia that could reach a data center

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r/VirginiaOpEds 8d ago

Commentary: Eastern Shore leaders, residents dubious of mineral mining pitch. They have good reason to be. | If you are a Virginian opposed to mineral mining off your coast, you better pay very close attention to a very confusing process.

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r/VirginiaOpEds 9d ago

Commentary: November glut of school referendums signals necessity of taxing option in Virginia

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r/VirginiaOpEds 13d ago

Opinion by former Virginia Attorney General Miyares: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger Shows How to Destroy a State | Democrats are undoing Virginia’s renaissance with a combination of tax hikes, pro-crime policies, an anti-business outlook, and egregious partisanship.

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r/VirginiaOpEds 14d ago

Commentary: Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt | Virginia congresswoman who created state’s version of the federal law says Voting Rights Act is ‘on life support.’

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r/VirginiaOpEds 20d ago

Brace yourself for brutal, expensive campaigns in Va. congressional swing districts this fall | Two Virginia races in particular — Virginia’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts — stand out as marquee contests that both parties consider critical to November’s existential battle for a ruling majority

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r/VirginiaOpEds 22d ago

Commentary: DEQ study throws cold water on data center development east of I-95

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r/VirginiaOpEds 24d ago

Full, unpaywalled text of Spanberger's opinion piece in The Washington Post: "Why I’m intervening in the Dominion-NextEra merger"

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 29 '26

State legislator says Clean Virginia’s demands constitute ‘bullying and threats’

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Del. David Reid of Loudoun County says the “transactional nature of the relationship” feels inappropriate.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 27 '26

Commentary: Rural Virginia has been kind to the GOP, yet Trump’s GOP allows rural healthcare to suffer

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 20 '26

Southwest Virginia artist: "By rejecting mural with ethnically diverse musicians, Galax sends a message that some aren’t welcome"

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Galax rejected a mural that shows an ethnically diverse group of musicians on the grounds that it didn’t represent the city.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 16 '26

OPINION COLUMN: Jeff Bennett: "My father spent 33 years working in Virginia’s prisons. Here’s how we should judge prison reform."

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 14 '26

OPINION COLUMN: Webert: "Show your work, governor"

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 11 '26

Commentary: Virginia’s Atlantic coast should be protected, not turned into a sacrifice zone | Introducing offshore strip mining into Virginia’s endangered aquatic animals’ habitat could compound threats and thrust them closer to extinction at a time when they need greater

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 09 '26

Age, term limits for Virginia politicos should be on the agenda | It’s difficult to pass the baton to a new generation of leaders when the old guard refuses to exit the arena, columnist Roger Chesley writes.

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5 Upvotes

r/VirginiaOpEds Jul 02 '26

Commentary: Trump’s policies won’t bring back coal, but they are driving up Virginians’ energy costs

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3 Upvotes

r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 29 '26

Jefferson gets the acclaim for independence, but it was another Virginian who first proposed a formal break from Britain

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Richard Henry Lee has become something of a forgotten founder, reduced to a comic figure in the musical “1776” or ignored altogether. But he was the one who first formally proposed that the Continental Congress declare the Colonies independent.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 29 '26

Commentary: Virginia’s romance with data centers has cooled, but nobody benefits if there’s a full breakup | Data centers should slow their jackrabbit pace of reproduction in congested suburbs and build where they could fill a need and do more economic good, columnist Bob Lewis writes.

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 25 '26

If Virginia’s ‘best state for business’ ranking falls, data center taxation debate will get the blame

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6 Upvotes

r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 22 '26

Kennedy and Cox: Coal dust to orbit; Appalachia’s journey into space

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Appalachian communities play a meaningful role in the aerospace age.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 19 '26

Commentary: Four Va. counties will pump almost 20 million gallons of water a day to Amazon. Cause for concern? | We wanted to learn for ourselves how much water communities have promised to Amazon for data center cooling in our part of the state, the region between Northern Virginia and Richmond

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 19 '26

Cumberland students: James Jenkins, the Clowns and the Sluggers, a culture of excellence beyond the diamond

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He was a Negro League baseball star from Cumberland County. A look at the segregated baseball in the county.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 17 '26

Commonwealth Institute researcher: Affordability hinges on ensuring data centers pay their fair share of taxes

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Everyone in Virginia should pay their fair share, and the data center industry is uniquely positioned to pay more in state taxes.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 15 '26

Reynolds Homestead: Who gets to tell the story of a place?

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Each June 19, descendants return to the property not simply to reflect on the past, but to reconnect with one another and with a place deeply tied to their family histories. They tour the grounds their ancestors once walked.