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Photo Credit: Daily Press by Dick Hall-Sizemore I had heard about the problem with restaurant staffing, but had not experienced it. During the

2 min read 2021-12-27 22:09:40

“If you don’t respect your elders, then I’ll just have to teach you to respect your betters.” — John Wayne by James A. Bacon Rather than

2 min read 2021-12-21 23:40:29

Wind power to the rescue? Hampton Roads, Virginia’s second-largest population center, is the anchor dragging down Virginia’s economic growth.

2 min read 2021-12-21 22:54:24

GDP growth by Virginia metro area. Source: “2021 State of the Commonwealth Report” Old Dominion University’s “2021 State of the Commonwealth

1 min read 2021-12-21 22:28:37

Net Domestic and International Migration, Virginia, 2010-2020. Source: “2021 State of the Commonwealth Report” by James A. Bacon Over the decade

3 min read 2021-12-10 22:03:32

A BMW model qualified as zero emissions by the California Air Resources Board. You see more and the subsidies California provides buyers here. By

2 min read 2021-12-07 00:14:57

Houses in the Hopyard Farm subdivision in King George County, where home values have risen. Photo credit: The Free Lance-Star by James A.

2 min read 2021-12-07 00:14:57

Houses in the Hopyard Farm subdivision in King George County, where home values have risen. Photo credit: The Free Lance-Star by James A.

4 min read 2021-12-06 21:30:30

by Steve Haner First published this morning by Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Virginia’s Safety and Health Codes Board on Friday

1 min read 2021-11-20 00:39:27

A BP station. Photo credit: Wikipedia by James A. Bacon Earlier this week, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced a successful enforcement

1 min read 2021-11-13 19:05:00

Sears has come to the end of the retail road in Illinois at Woodfield Mall: Photo by Ellie Burgin on Pexels.com The last Sears department store in

1 min read 2021-10-22 18:47:00

The latest rankings in the Emerging Housing Markets Index has Elkhart, Indiana at the top of the list: Photo by Kampus Production on Pexels.com Small

1 min read 2021-10-08 18:00:00

Capitalism is the economic system of the United States and many other parts of the world. Can actors use capitalist means to critique capitalism? Two

1 min read 2021-06-20 08:08:00

There are several strategic steps to streamline your business’s digital transformation during the global pandemic. The Coronavirus pandemic is

3 min read 2021-05-01 20:38:58

by Steve Haner First published this morning in The Roanoke Times. With Virginia’s fiscal year now three-quarters complete, and basically one year