The Jefferson Journal
Commentary
This tenth annual economic forecast, prepared by Chmura Economics and Analytics, forecasts a 1.6 percent decline in empoloyment in Virginia for 2009 and expects employment increases to begin in the second half of 2010. Housing permits will further decline 18.8 percent in 2009, after falling 33.9 percent in 2008 but...
Virginia is badly in need of new and improved infrastructure. But building it in a recession creates its own set of challenges. Here’s how to get that new infrastructure started, in spite of the recession …
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On February 19th, 2009, Governor Kaine asked the Federal government to delay oil and gas exploration off the Virginia coast. Attorney General Bob McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bolling, in separate letters to Interior Secretary Salazar explained why it is in the interest of Virginia and the United States to maintain...
Federal stimulus funds may have provided many school divisions with a temporary repirieve, but those funds won’t last forever. We need systemic reform in education funding, and here’s one idea that has support from a full range of reformer — from Bill Clinton’s Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan’s Education...
Moving towards greater use of renewable energy sources is a good thing to do, and fortunately Virginia is headed in that direction. But there are limits to how much can be produced by renewable energy, and we need to keep those limits in mind.
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