
Morgan Griffith: Taking action to combat fentanyl
Our region of Virginia has known firsthand the devastation of the opioid crisis. In recent years, a new threat has driven up fatal drug overdoses: fentanyl and its analogues.

Our region of Virginia has known firsthand the devastation of the opioid crisis. In recent years, a new threat has driven up fatal drug overdoses: fentanyl and its analogues.

Redistricting of Virginia’s congressional districts has taken a significant step forward, one that seems to be a fair compromise that Republicans and Democrats should be able to live with, according to Virginia Tech’s Nicholas Goedert.

Like a gravitational field, there’s a narrative that exerts a powerful pull on U.S. immigration policy.

With the change in partisan control of the House of Delegates, members will find themselves having different roles.

Infrastructure is a topic with which most people are familiar. It’s something that impacts them; they regularly travel on a road which could use fixing or see a need for a new road to make their travels easier.

After the elections last week, the “blue” state of Virginia suddenly turned “red.”

Gov. Ralph Northam has already called Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin to congratulate him on his win last night. I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do. I’m perplexed.

Republicans got their 2020 voters out. Democrats didn’t. It’ll soon start to sink in to folks who couldn’t hold their noses and vote for Terry McAuliffe what we’re about to lose.

Republicans have won a statewide election in Virginia for the first time in 12 years, with Glenn Youngkin leading a GOP sweep, a year after Joe Biden had won the Commonwealth by double-digits.

John F. Kennedy said that “to govern is to choose.” The Democrats running Washington have had a hard time choosing lately. It should come as no surprise, then, that they have not done too well at governing, either.
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