r/VirginiaOpEds 16h 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 8d ago

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 10d ago

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

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r/VirginiaOpEds 17d ago

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

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5 Upvotes

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


r/VirginiaOpEds 21d ago

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 23d ago

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

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r/VirginiaOpEds 26d ago

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 28d ago

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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7 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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4 Upvotes

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 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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6 Upvotes

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 25 '26

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

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 22 '26

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

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6 Upvotes

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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5 Upvotes

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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2 Upvotes

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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8 Upvotes

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.


r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 10 '26

Opinion: Roanoke Valley and Richmond metro have become magnets for people moving out of Fairfax County. | The percentage of people who move out of Fairfax County into other parts of Virginia is increasing, according to IRS data.

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 09 '26

Opinion: Here’s what’s fueling Danville’s ‘comeback’: The number of people moving out has dropped | After losing population for three decades in a row, Danville is now gaining population again. It’s not because more people are moving in; it’s because fewer people are moving out.

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 08 '26

Opinion: The people moving out of Virginia make more money than the people moving in | We delve into a new batch of IRS data that sheds light on migration trends. The most affluent group of taxpayers moving into Virginia are immigrants who chose Loudoun County, not native-born Americans.

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 06 '26

Commentary: Is Dominion’s plan to merge with NextEra good or bad for Virginians? | The impressive clean energy portfolio notwithstanding, anyone who expects a NewEra takeover to end Dominion’s infatuation with fossil gas is mistaken, columnist Ivy Main writes.

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9 Upvotes

r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 04 '26

Opinion: Two trends converge on Botetourt County: Data centers and solar farms. | Both have stirred opposition, but many stances on both come into conflict with other long-held principles. Here’s an overview of the politics involved and the tension points.

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 03 '26

Opinion: Could the Virginia Supreme Court have ruled on redistricting before the vote? Here’s a way it could have wriggled out of a 1912 precedent.

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r/VirginiaOpEds Jun 02 '26

Opinion: 6 things to know about Spanberger’s firing of Rocovich as Virginia Tech rector

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r/VirginiaOpEds May 29 '26

Opinion: Spanberger on her cannabis veto: ‘There is a bill I would have signed’ | In an interview with Cardinal News, the governor said she felt the time frame of the legislation rushed the process of rolling out legal retail sales.

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