Voters’ Guide

Voters’ Guide Early voting starts today, and the FXBG Advance is pleased to provide this Voters’ Guide to the citizens of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford. This page will be atop our website through November 7, Election Day, so you can always find out more about voting and the candidates running by going to our website. […]

CANDIDATE PROFILE: Belen Rodas

Belen Rodas knows a thing or two about education. A professed professional student, she holds degrees from Amherst and Georgetown. She’s also a teacher who works with some of our public schools’ most challenging students. She’s running for School Board in Spotsylvania in the Chancellorsville district. She recently spent an hour with FXBG Advance to […]

Hispanic Heritage Month and Modern Politics

Hispanic Heritage Month has arrived, and Virginia’s Latinos have a lot to celebrate. Roughly a million strong in the Old Dominion, they make up 10.6% of the commonwealth’s population and played a key role in the elections of Governor Glenn Youngkin, Congresswomen Abigail Spangberger, and Jen Kiggans. Other prominent Latino citizens hold high offices in […]

ANALYSIS: SD 27 Race a Ross Perot-type Moment

Independents in American politics have a long history of being on the fringes, often teetering on the edge of reality. That’s why they’ve proven so entertaining. Saturday Night Live’s spoofs of these individuals have become legendary. Ross Perot in 1992, Herman Cain in 2012, among many others.   Saturday Night Live has long spoofed “crazy” […]

BOOK REVIEW: Happiness Falls

By Angie Kim Published by Hogarth (August 29, 2023), Hardback – $30, 400 pages Hardback edition Kindle edition Reviewed by Ashley Riggleson There are few thrillers I have thought more about over the years than Angie Kim’s debut novel, Miracle Creek. So, I was so excited to see that her newest novel, Happiness Falls was […]