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Morgan Griffith was the first Republican to ever serve as Majority Leader in the Virginia House of Delegates, and he loved every second of it. Read more »

It was supposed to be the White House’s latest make-nice session with corporate America — a visit by Chief of Staff William M. Daley to a meeting with hundreds of manufacturing executives in town to press lawmakers for looser regulations. Read more »

“If the Obama administration wants to know how to get the economy back on track, they should look at their regulators and tell them to stop killing our economy,” Virginia U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th, said in a written statement about the new report. Read more »

AEP, the parent company of Appalachian Power, says it may have to close five power plants, including its Glen Lyn facility in Giles County, because of what it calls an “unrealistic” deadline by the EPA to comply with strict new air pollution standards. Read more »

If the Glen Lyn plant is forced to close by the end of 2014, Appalachian Power Co. customers could pay 10 percent to 15 percent more on their monthly bills as a result of that and other shutdowns, company spokesman Todd Burns said. Read more »

Politics is bad in Richmond, but it’s worse in Washington, two congressmen who used to be state lawmakers told local business leaders Tuesday. Read more »

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the US House of Representatives last week would remove barriers for the production of alternative fuels from coal, biomass, algae and waste through loan guarantees and federal fuel contracts. Read more »

That’s why I find a possible new report from the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) so troubling. If it goes into effect, the report could threaten Strongwell’s future – and cost the Tri-Cities area jobs that we sorely need. Read more »

Coal is a vital domestic natural resource that powers the U.S. economy. Read more »