Month: June 2014
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Buffalo, Beer and Pot Roast
So, I rolled into Buffalo, N.Y., around 6:30 p.m. this evening, checked into my hotel, then looked for some action with fellow attendees of the Congress for the New Urbanism. I ran into fellow Richmonder Andy Boenau during a guided tour of the city’s historical canal district, we got hungry and we decided to get something to…
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Thank God for Obama’s Carbon Rules
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in Business and Economy, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Economic development, Energy, Environment, Federal issues, Infrastructure, Labor and Workforce, Land use & Development, Media, Money in politics, Planning, Politics, Public safety & health, Regulations, Gov’t Oversight, Science & TechnologyBy Peter Galuszka At long last, President Barack Obama has released proposed new pollution rules that would target shutting or cleaning up coal-fired electricity plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent over the next 16 years. The plan gives states the initial responsibility for coming up with regimes to reduce carbon through state-run…
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Buffalo Hunting
I’m off to Buffalo, N.Y., to attend the 2014 Congress for the New Urbanism. I’ll be networking with fellow conservative and libertarian urbanists, and blogging as opportunity permits. I’ve never been to Buffalo before and I’m looking forward to learning more about the Empire State’s No. 2 city. — JAB
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The Cost of Automobile Crashes
by James A. Bacon Virginia transportation policy is driven overwhelmingly by a desire to mitigate transportation congestion and, to a lesser degree, to promote economic development. Rarely does traffic safety enter into the discussion of which transportation improvements we finance. As evidence that congestion is one of the state’s foremost pressing concerns, elected officials can point to…
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The Shutout in Richmond
By Peter Galuszka The squabbling over where to put a new baseball stadium in Richmond has taken a bit of a breather now that Mayor Dwight C. Jones shelved his Shockoe Bottom plan fearing that it might be shot down for good by City Council. But it is certain to come back again. And when…
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The Nation’s Leading Cluster of Financial Literacy
by James A. Bacon Back in April, I posted on a Wallethub survey ranking Virginia as the third most financially literate state in the country. Now comes a survey of the 100 best high schools in the country for teaching personal finance, as determined by Working In Support of Education (WISE). It turns out that 29 Virginia…
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Why Executive Fiats Are Needed
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in Business and Economy, Demographics, Disasters and Disaster Preparedness, Economic development, Education (higher ed), Education (K-12), Federal issues, Government Finance, Government workers and pensions, Health Care, Housing, Immigration, Infrastructure, Insurance, Labor and Workforce, Land use & Development, Media, Money in politics, Politics, Poverty & income gap, Property rights, Public safety & health, Regulations, Gov’t Oversight, Social Services and Entitlements, Taxes, TransportationBy Peter Galuszka Two initiatives — one on the state and the other on the federal level– show just how untenable the politics of confrontation has become. It is forcing the executive side to take charge at the expense of the legislative. Democrats Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Atty. Gen. Mark Herring are exploring ways to…