Advance Morning News

It's Saturday, January 11, 2025. This morning Charlie Payne opines that "all politics" shouldn't be local, Alan Hermann explores femmes fatale, and our best of the week.

Why 'All Politics' Should Not Be Local

By Charlie Payne

"Unidentified man and child, Mayor Raymond L. Flynn and Speaker of the House Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill, Jr." by Boston City Archives is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Politics, especially political parties, should not be first and forefront in local elections. In fact, party labels (or endorsements from the same in lieu of placing a party candidate on the ballot) for local elections should be prohibited.

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Femmes Fatales of Film Noir

By Alan Herrmann

Photo by Sofia Sforza on Unsplash

Femmes fatales weren’t invented in the 1940s, but movie makers of that era may have perfected the characters.

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Best of the Week

Election Politics

• ANALYSIS: A Different Vibe for the Coles

• Election Guide 2025: Fredericksburg

Transportation

• Snow Clearance is Slow Going, VDOT Says

• Construction to Begin on New Roundabout in Spotsylvania

Legislature

• 2025 Virginia Legislative Preview

Stafford

• Stafford Supervisors Presented Citizen with Settlement Agreement

• Stafford Supervisors to Appoint New Library Board Member on Tuesday

• Deuntay Diggs Calls for Board to Be a Team ...

Feature

• Justice for a President's Daughter

Opinion

• 'Dismissed!'

• White-Out Conditions

Donnie Johnston

• Of Fireplaces, Snowfalls, and Shovels

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