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Commentary: Spanberger showed bravado in vetoing Democratic bills. What if some return to her in the budget? | You can’t run as a centrist with strong support from moderates and liberals and then satisfy both when your actions determine policy, columnist Bob Lewis writes.
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Commentary: Spanberger showed bravado in vetoing Democratic bills. What if some return to her in the budget? | You can’t run as a centrist with strong support from moderates and liberals and then satisfy both when your actions determine policy, columnist Bob Lewis writes.

virginiamercury.com
u/VirginiaNews — 1 day ago
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Opinion: 6 things to know about Spanberger’s ‘Tuesday Afternoon Massacre’ of bills | Spanberger has now vetoed more bills than any other governor since the 1990s whose party controlled the legislature. Here’s what to make of that.

cardinalnews.org
u/VirginiaNews — 2 days ago
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Commentary: Spanberger’s data center position is the test of her affordability message | The governor says data centers should pay their fair share, but “fair share” has the shape of a position without its substance, guest columnist Tommy Turner writes.

virginiamercury.com
u/VirginiaNews — 2 days ago
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Opinion: Virginia’s biggest metros and North Carolina’s biggest metros are headed in different directions economically. Why?

Subtitle: "Nowhere else in the country do we have this kind of contrast, where one state is seeing its two biggest metros lose jobs while next door a neighboring state is seeing its two biggest metros gain jobs."

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cardinalnews.org
u/VirginiaNews — 7 days ago
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Opinion by Delegate Rasoul: Mass surveillance is bad for Roanoke | Just like cameras that track residents’ cars, microphones that constantly record sound are ripe for abuse.

cardinalnews.org
u/VirginiaNews — 9 days ago
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Commentary: Guv’s emphatic veto on Fairfax casino won’t be the last word | Scott Surovell – the Senate majority leader, Fairfax County Democrat, and persistent supporter of a casino-entertainment complex – has indicated this saga isn’t over, columnist Roger Chesley writes.

virginiamercury.com
u/VirginiaNews — 13 days ago
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Subtitle: "The court will hear arguments against the redistricting referendum after the April 21 election, citing a precedent that it can only rule after the votes are cast. At least once it’s said a vote violated the state constitution."

u/VirginiaNews — 9 days ago
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Commentary: What we’ve learned in Bristol about reproductive freedom | Abortion bans not only create barriers to health care, like we saw with the closure of the Bristol health clinic, but they also change how doctors and nurses approach treatment, guest columnist Cheryl Hanzik writes.

virginiamercury.com
u/VirginiaNews — 13 days ago