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Playing field for entrepreneurs needs leveling

As a former athlete, I learned that competition requires preparation, discipline, and resilience. Those lessons have carried with me throughout my career in business and public service — and they are lessons small-business owners live every day. Across the Mid-Atlantic, entrepreneurs compete for customers, contracts, capital, talent, and new markets. Too often, however, capable small businesses miss opportunities not because they lack a strong product or service, but because they lack access to the right information, relationships, or decision-makers. Since my appointment by the ...

Ukraine war becoming a pest for Trump

One of the challenges with writing about the war in -- and on -- Ukraine is that so little changes. I don't mean the fighting on the ground, though even there, when viewed from a distance, it doesn't look as though much has shifted in a long while. Russia has gained very little territory in ...

EPA rollback puts coal back in the grid mix

The Trump administration is ending a Biden-era mandate requiring fossil fuel power plants to curb carbon emissions by 2039 or shut down, even as demand for electricity is projected to soar. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the decision this week, an effort to end what he called a war on coal and lower electricity prices. “We are working to go even further so that American energy can be fully unleashed,” Zeldin said. “Realizing the full potential of American energy means more jobs, lower prices, and a more prosperous America.” The EPA’s ...

Violence to nip hate on ballot

During a Sept. 1 preliminary hearing for the defendant accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, the defendant's attorney, Richard Novak, accused Kirk of "speaking hatefully of certain groups of people. He spoke hatefully of people who don't have ...