The Issues

Economic Freedom

A Better Way to Improve Transit to Dulles

On July 3rd Loudoun County’s supervisors are to decide whether to spend taxpayers’ money supporting Phase 2 of the $2.8 billion rail extension to Dulles Airport and beyond. They have...

Jefferson Forum
June 21, 2012

Virginia Manufacturing on the Rise

(Reprinted from the Richmond Times Dispatch) The manufacturing sector in Virginia added about 2,000 jobs in February and March. That might not seem like much in a state that employs...

Christine Chmura
June 7, 2012

Smart Growth for Conservatives (Part 1 of 3)

Smart growth is too important to leave to liberals. Conservatives must articulate their own vision for creating prosperous, livable and fiscally sustainable communities. (Part One of three — This essay...

Jefferson Forum
June 7, 2012

America’s Actual Health and Welfare Crisis

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says we face grave threats to human health, welfare and justice. She’s absolutely right. However, the dangers are not due to factory or power plant emissions,...

Jefferson Forum
June 7, 2012

Reporters Distort the Truth About Government Spending

(Publisher’s note:This “Just Facts” analysis is presented in order to provide all of us here Virginia will a better understanding of government spending on our lives and livelihoods. It is...

Jefferson Forum
June 7, 2012

Bingaman Anti-PPP Battle Continues

(Publisher’s note: Virginia counts on public private partnerships to help our infrastructure needs,. Restricting these partnerships would be a significant blow to our state. This article is reprinted from Surface...

Bob Poole
June 7, 2012

Virginia’s New Manufacturing Challenge — Peoria, not Peking

At long last there is evidence to suggest that manufacturing in the United States has turned the corner. After a decade and a half of steady of corporations moving their...

Jefferson Forum
May 24, 2012

Revisiting Housing + Transportation Costs

(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a monthly publication of the Reason Foundation). In recent years, it’s become conventional wisdom among many planners that suburbia has become less...

Bob Poole
May 24, 2012

License to Work in Virginia

Governor McDonnell declared 2012 “The Year of the Entrepreneur” in Virginia, asserting the state had the “right” regulatory climate for entrepreneurs. According to a new study on occupational licensure, however,...

Jefferson Forum
May 24, 2012

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.