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Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee ordered all bars, restaurants, entertainment and recreation facilities to temporarily close to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Apr 03, 2020

Governors Take Charge of Response to the Coronavirus

Batten’s Ray Scheppach, who served as the executive director of the National Governors Association from 1983 to 2011, on why the nation’s governors are prepared to take quick and aggressive action during a crisis and how they have exercised leadership in their states to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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Mar 06, 2020

Productive Politicians Fare Better in Primaries

Now that Super Tuesday is behind us, voters can look forward to another primary in the spring – this time for Congressional candidates. As a professor of public policy and politics at the Batten School and co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, Craig Volden has studied what factors make for a successful candidate and drawn some conclusions about this state’s congressional delegation.

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Mar 04, 2020

Batten’s Super Tuesday Panelists Discuss Democratic Primaries in Virginia and Beyond

Hosted by the Batten School and Center for Politics, the panel featured Heather Caygle, a POLITICO Congress reporter; Jocelyn Kiley, the associate director of research at Pew Research Center; Rohini Kosoglu, a senior advisor to Senator Kamala Harris; Tara Setmayer, a CNN Political Commentator and ABC News Political Contributor; and Mara Suttman-Lea, a professor at Connecticut College.

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Feb 24, 2020

Paul Ryan Recounts His Days on Capitol Hill, Talks Current Events in Dome Room

The former Speaker of the House joined the Batten School and Center for Politics to discuss the 2020 election, impeachment, Congress and more.

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Feb 20, 2020

Why So Many Young People Don’t Vote – And How to Change That

In their new book, "Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action," Batten’s John Holbein and Duke University's Sunshine Hillygus explore why the United States has one of the lowest youth voter turnout rates in the world and how to address the problem.

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Feb 17, 2020

Learning from History

On Andy McLeod’s Historic Matters podcast, Batten professor Gerry Warburg explores how lessons from the past can inspire the best policymaking for what’s to come.

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JAN 08, 2020

Q&A: Professor Explores One of the Most Vexing Trends in U.S. Elections

The United States has one of the lowest youth voter turnout rates in the world. Batten's John Holbein is determined to find out why and how to fix it.

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Political Science

Jan 07, 2020

Not fake news: Major study finds no "liberal bias" in media — but there are other problems

Conservatives have pushed one complaint above all others: The media is biased against them because it is overwhelmingly staffed by liberal journalists. A new study from a team that includes UVA’s John Holbein provides the strongest evidence ever that they’re half-right – but only the least important half.

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Governors Take Charge of Response to the Coronavirus

Productive Politicians Fare Better in Primaries

Batten’s Super Tuesday Panelists Discuss Democratic Primaries in Virginia and Beyond

Paul Ryan Recounts His Days on Capitol Hill, Talks Current Events in Dome Room

Why So Many Young People Don’t Vote – And How to Change That

Learning from History

Q&A: Professor Explores One of the Most Vexing Trends in U.S. Elections

Not fake news: Major study finds no "liberal bias" in media — but there are other problems