September 9, 2023
Virginia Mercury: ‘Democrats need to embrace economic populism’
(Republished with permission under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.)
By Ben Litchfield
Editor’s Note: This piece by local organizer and former candidate Ben Litchfield appeared in the August 30 edition of Virginia Mercury. We missed it last Saturday, but are pleased to bring it to you today.
A few weeks ago, Governor Glenn Youngkin was on Fox News talking about the state of the national economy. In his segment with Laura Ingraham, he described how a trip to the grocery store is still a “gut punch” for working families with more than 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. The cause of our economic woes, according to the governor? The Biden Administration’s social welfare programs that lifted millions of families out of poverty during the pandemic.
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Virginia Mercury: Despite post-pandemic efforts, Virginia student test scores remain mostly flat
By Jess Kirby
Virginia students’ 2022-23 pass rates on the state’s Standards of Learning tests were relatively unchanged compared to the past school year’s rates and remain below pre-pandemic levels, data released by the Department of Education Thursday show.
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The Week Ahead
Monday: Figures lie, and liars figure – Mark Taylor strikes again.
Tuesday: Shaun Kenney returns with his popular and provocative column
Martin Davis is currently working on several stories related to data centers, a controversy brewing at Germanna, and, of course, the Spotsylvania School Board and the ongoing election issues in the county.
New Dominion Podcast: Our newest episode is a discussion with Anne Little and Billy Withers talking about ADUs and long-range planning in the city Fredericksburg.
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