Author: Jake Conley
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Jake Conley, Contributor
Jake Conley is a senior at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he's majoring in journalism and sociology. He’s from Woodbridge, Virginia.
Jake has worked at The Breeze, JMU’s student paper, for the past three years. In 2020, he founded the investigations desk and served as The Breeze’s first investigations editor. In 2021, he’s working as the editor-in-chief of The Breeze.
McAuliffe and Youngkin offer different visions for shift to clean energy in the Valley
Virginia’s candidates for governor agree on at least one thing: transitioning to clean energy needs to happen. But that’s about the extent of the common ground between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin.
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Pandemic-era parties led to lots of warnings, and a handful of stiffer sanctions
Daniel Cindea was standing on the deck of his friend’s townhouse in mid-March, sipping out of a Smirnoff Ice “Smash” can and talking to friends about whatever people talk about at parties. Others, all JMU students like Cindea, were smoking cigarettes, drinking similar drinks and laughing.
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House of Delegates candidates Wilt and Helsley rush to the political middle
Virginia’s 26th House of Delegates race is underway, and Del. Tony Wilt, R-Broadway, and Democratic challenger Bill Helsley are trying to appeal to moderates.
Just how much did last year set the city’s budget back?
Larry Propst, by his own admission, is not an economist. His job, as city director of finance, is to help set the city budget — he calls it “entirely different” from the work of an economist. And on March 14, 2020 — a Saturday — Propst watched as the city of Harrisonburg declared a state of emergency as COVID-19 spread nationwide. Over the next several months, Harrisonburg administrators — Propst’s office included — would watch the city’s finances plummet as tax revenue from restaurants, hotels and other businesses shriveled. Within weeks, millions of city tax dollars vanished.
