The Jefferson Journal
Commentary
The 113th Congress delivered a big Christmas present – or possibly bags of coal – to agriculture when it passed the $1.01 trillion spending bill last month. One present is buried deep in Rules Committee Print 113-59 Text of House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 83. Both houses...
Sponsored by Cassaday and Company, this 15th Annual Economic Forecast offers not only a picture of what Virginia’s economy will look like in 2015, but also describes the important role in North American energy development. The Commonwealth has finally surpassed its pre-recession peak level of employment, but did so months...
Here’s one way to reduce health care costs: Eliminate this antiquated relic of health care mandates that stands in the way of competition, innovation and access to care for Virginians.
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In recent years the federal government has continued to impose burdensome new regulations on the states, especially in the area of health care. Strict new rules handed down as a result of Obamacare are forcing insurance companies to cancel coverage for roughly 250,000 Virginians this year, and costs are continuing...
In recent years the federal government has continued to impose burdensome new regulations on the states, especially in the area of health care. Strict new rules handed down as a result of Obamacare are forcing insurance companies to cancel coverage for roughly 250,000 Virginians this year, and costs are continuing...
Earlier this month my paper on “New Technologies for Coping with Climate Change in Virginia” was published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy (read here). After re-reading the paper, receiving many favorable comments, and presenting it in public forums, several important realizations have come to light. Virginian’s should...
In 2005, the City of Buena Vista in the Shenandoah Valley issued $9.2 million in bonds to pay for construction of the Vista Links golf course. To obtain financing, the city purchased insurance for $400,000 and pledged the golf course, police station and municipal building as collateral. The city made...
Long-term contractual arrangements between a state DOT and a consortium of companies to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain a highway, bridge, or tunnel represent a major paradigm shift in how such projects are procured, operated, and maintained. So it’s not surprising that there is resistance to this dramatically different...
The Small Business Administration tells EPA to ditch its Waters of the United States proposed rule. The SBA has an Office of Advocacy and that office advises EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw its proposed WOTUS definition and start over. It is one thing for private...
From battles over Medicaid expansion, to the rise of education choice, to promoting Virginia as the “Energy Capital of the East,” the Thomas Jefferson Institute has been in the thick of things in 2014.
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