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Features include:
Dominion touts electric re-regulation as a way to ensure energy independence for Virginia. But its vision requires building more power plants, not conservation, energy efficiency or renewable fuels.
by James A. Bacon
Students’ online dialogue in Northern Virginia mirrors official discussions on state priorities.
by Doug Koelemay
There are no magic technological fixes for rush-hour traffic congestion. The only real solution is building balanced communities that support fewer, shorter automobile trips.
by EM Risse
The GOP transportation plan would employ “subject-to-appropriation” bonds similar to the “pledge” bonds that voters rejected in 1990. Very bad idea.
by Patrick McSweeney
Republicans became the majority party in Virginia by hewing to their small-government principles. They will revert to the minority by abandoning those same principles.
by James Atticus Bowden
By killing the GOP compromise plan, tyrannical “King John” Chichester has shut down Virginia’s best chance to address the transportation crisis — all for what? Not increasing taxes enough?
by Geoff Segal
Only three weeks left in the 2007 General Assembly session and there’s so much left to be done.
by Mike Thompson
The Politics of Self Destruction
The transportation impasse in the General Assembly is not about what’s best for Virginia. It’s a raw struggle for power.
by Phil Rodokanakis
Want to solve the transportation “crisis”? Get VDOT and state government out of the equation: Devolve, privatize and outsource.
by Mike Smith
Kings and Queens in Virginia
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
Q&A: Building 14
The crucible of innovation in corporate real estate is a non-descript office building in San Jose, Calif. Inside, Mark Golan is redefining the relationship between worker and work space.
by James A. Bacon
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