Joshua Devamithran

Jefferson Forum
May 27, 2011
Virginia job growth slightly ahead of national average, with Lynchburg and Northern Virginia leading the charge....
Jefferson Forum
May 27, 2011
The words prevailing wages imply that the wages to be paid are wages prevailing in the community where the work is being done. Nothing could be further from the truth, making it prudent for public agencies in Virginia to check the Davis-Bacon wage determination before accepting any federal funding for...
Christian Braunlich
May 16, 2011

Is Florida an educational wasteland? It’s an important question because some members of the Virginia General Assembly seem to think so and base their decisions on that assumption. But when we look at the statistics in Florida, where educational choice is widely available, they look like this …

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Jefferson Forum
May 13, 2011
If there is any corridor in the United States that has the high population density, major cities with concentrated downtowns and extensive transit service, and congested air and highway routes, it’s the 453-mile corridor from Boston to New York to Washington....
Jefferson Forum
May 13, 2011
How best to determine real estate tax rates. A Fairfax County case study....
Leonard Gilroy
May 6, 2011

Fiscal crises inevitably yield difficult choices for policymakers as they seek ways to reduce spending. there are surely some functions government can stop providing … but the traditional budgeting process fails to offer meaningful guidance on where to start. With the budget essentially on autopilot, Virginia’s state and local governments...

Jefferson Forum
April 28, 2011
Despite a lack of evidence to support their assertions, EPA continues to insist that mercury emissions from US power plants pose a significant risk. This line of thinking poses great harm to the affordability of electricity....
Jefferson Forum
April 28, 2011
"The EPA used heavy-handed tactics with states, flawed models and showed a disregard for costs in developing a new Bay cleanup plan, members of Congress and the agricultural community charged at a recent hearing," claims the Chesapeake Bay Journal in the April, 2011, edition....
Jefferson Forum
April 28, 2011
Is Florida an educational wasteland?...
Jefferson Forum
April 14, 2011
Officially, and according to the statistics, no. Anecdotal evidence, however, indicates something else entirely – so which is it?...