
Study: Cigarette taxes go up in smoke
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy today released a new study showing the fiscal impact of cigarette tax increases on Virginia municipalities.

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy today released a new study showing the fiscal impact of cigarette tax increases on Virginia municipalities.

A couple of dozen young people marched back and forth through downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday evening shouting “Love Not Hate!”

You’ve been told that droves of angry white voters in the Rust Belt answered the clarion call to elect Donald Trump.

We had the opportunity to elect a candidate – the first woman president – who would have brought people together.

In my neighborhood there was one lone Trump/Pence sign. I stared at it every day while walking my dog, feeling alienated from the homeowner.

Governor Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today following the conclusion of the 2016 elections.

Another message to my progressive friends in the wake of the 2016 election: the sun will come up.

OK, folks, and I’m looking at you, progressives, friends. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we don’t feel fine.

AFP editor Chris Graham leads our Election Day 2016 live blog with the latest news plus commentary and analysis up and down the ballot.

The conventional wisdom on the Augusta County Courthouse referendum has the voters casting their lot with the proposed move to Verona.
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