ARTICLE V of the Virginia Constitution makes it clear
THREE drownings in just nine days ought to be more than enough to convince Fredericksburg area officials that people are not getting the messa…
If Amendment 1 to let the people decide on redistricing does not pass this year, look for 10 more years of gerrymandering, whichever party dra…
KUDOS TO the Virginia Senate’s Commerce and Labor
THE Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill giving blanket civil immunity to assisted-living facilities, hospices and adult day care cente…
Police officers are not the only public employees who are shielded from civil lawsuits and financial judgments for bad behavior. Getting rid o…
The Postal Service is deep in debt, leading to cuts in service. Much is written about the rampant inefficiency of the organization. Politician…
DOMINION Energy has filed a license renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the operating life of its aging North…
ON this solemn anniversary of the terror attacks in New York City and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, we pause once again to remember the …
ON THURSDAY, students enrolled at the University of Mary Washington finally returned to campus for the fall semester. Since young people are d…
DOES THE City of Fredericksburg, or any local jurisdiction in Virginia for that matter, need to get permission from the governor and the Gener…
And although there’s still no FDA-approved vaccine for COVID-19, there is a vaccine for the seasonal flu, which is updated annually. It’s only…
THE TUESDAY after Labor Day is traditionally when students —armed with new backpacks and school supplies—returned to the classroom to start an…
WHAT A difference a year makes! On Labor Day 2019, we were celebrating 13 months of labor force expansion in Virginia, with a record 4.3 milli…
We hope that schools across the commonwealth follow this critical principle to make good COVID-19 choices in the critical weeks ahead.
CERTAIN members of the Virginia Senate must have been cooped up too long during the COVID-19 lockdown, or else they are pandering to “activist…
It seems almost cruel to heap coals on Jerry Falwell Jr., the disgraced former president and (we thought) emperor for life of Liberty University.
ON JULY 1, a new 5-cent-a-gallon gas tax passed by a bipartisan majority during the General Assembly’s regular session went into effect, raisi…
At a time when students and institutions of higher learning are facing serious financial problems, well-paid college administrators are still …
This month, Californians found themselves sitting in the dark in 100-plus degree heat under a rolling blackout because their state energy offi…
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Every night, it seems that stores are looted and shooting breaks out in multiple cities across the country. These are not peaceful protests; t…
For weeks, K-12 school divisions, and college and university campuses across Virginia have grappled over a difficult and, at times, divisive q…
Social media companies in particular should not have carte blanche to disseminate the libelous and criminal material that pollutes their sites.
Colleges and universities are opening all over the country, COVID-19 be damned. They’re doing it with fingers crossed, full of hope and optimi…
Police Chief Brian Layton told The Free Lance–Star on Wednesday that the department’s updated Response to Resistance Directive “now requires a…
FREDERICKSBURG Police Chief Brian Layton’s use of force” report issued earlier this month on the police department’s reaction to the demonstra…
THE unspeakable cruelty depicted in a recent story in The Free Lance–Star about four adults in Spotsylvania County who were charged in the bru…
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