The Front Porch Files

On this week’s Front Porch Files , I sat down with Delegate Carrie Coyner in the heart of Chesterfield’s 75th District. From the front porch to the classroom, she’s been in the trenches, first as a school board member, now as a legislator and mom still living in the district she serves. We talked about what’s working, what’s broken, and what it means to rebuild trust from the ground up: from liter...

In this edition of The Front Porch Files , we sit down with Delegate Chad Green in the heart of Virginia’s Historic Triangle — Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Jamestown — for a front porch conversation about taxes, housing, crime, and classic Cadillacs. We cover the high cost of car ownership, why affordability isn’t just a buzzword, and how public safety got sacrificed on the altar of ideology. It’s...

On the trail in Chesterfield, Delegate Mark Earley, Jr., doesn’t just talk about policy— he hears it firsthand. In this edition of the Front Porch Files , Earley talks door-knocking in the 73rd, what voters are really asking, and why Virginia’s looming energy shortage demands a serious, all-of-the-above approach. From the future of the Virginia Clean Economy Act to artificial intelligence and the...

“I’ve had this pair of combat boots since the early 2000s.” That’s how Delegate Chris Obenshain knocks doors—literally. In this 9-minute audio drop, Obenshain lays out what voters are saying on the doorstep, and what’s standing in the way of common-sense solutions in Richmond. From repealing the car tax to fighting rising power bills , Chris talks frankly about what’s working, what’s broken, and w...