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Tommy Wright: RGGI no good for Virginia
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted June 7 to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, better known as RGGI. In 2020, then-Governor ...
Tommy Wright, Author at Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch
Columns
Tommy Wright: Let’s honor our veterans
The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in the 2023 session that will provide relief for Virginia Veterans. While only a “stopgap” budget has been approved ...
by Tommy Wright, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 12:40 pm
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Tommy Wright: Parents matter
It was our mantra in 2021, and Democrats appear to be just as opposed to it now as they were then: Parents Matter. In recent ...
by Tommy Wright, Thursday, May 25, 2023 12:30 pm
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Tommy Wright: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
A ruling handed down by a Federal judge in Virginia found that Federal laws blocking those under age 21 from purchasing handguns are unconstitutional. Current ...
by Tommy Wright, Thursday, May 18, 2023 12:30 pm
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Tommy Wright: We must lock up the killers
As Speaker Gilbert wrote last week, there is a silent killer terrorizing Virginia, taking an average of 35 lives every week. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid ...
by Tommy Wright, Friday, May 12, 2023 12:00 pm
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Tommy Wright: Social media madness
Parents matter. That was one of our major themes in 2021, and it looks like it’s going to be a major theme in 2023 as ...
by Tommy Wright, Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:30 pm
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Tommy Wright: Democrats cry over spilt milk
Democrats are in a lather over the fact that Governor Youngkin got a $1 million check last week. Large donations are nothing new. In fact, ...
by Tommy Wright, Sunday, April 30, 2023 12:00 pm
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Tommy Wright: Let’s talk about the veto session
This week’s reconvened session wasn’t the white-hot festival of speeches that the media expected. Rather, it was one of the more sedated veto sessions in ...
by Tommy Wright, Thursday, April 20, 2023 12:30 pm
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Tommy Wright: Let’s talk about restoring felons’ rights
Last week Governor Youngkin’s team made it known that they were returning to the Warner-Kaine model of felon rights restoration and Virginia Democrats immediately cried ...
by Tommy Wright, Friday, April 14, 2023 12:00 pm
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Tommy Wright: Mecklenburg native appointed to board
Governor Youngkin announced two major additions to his administration last week, a new member of the Board of Education and a new Superintendent of Public ...