The Issues

Economic Freedom

Tax Restructuring Can Benefit Every Virginian

What if you could improve Virginia’s economy by eliminating state income taxes on the working poor (and cutting taxes for everyone else) while creating thousands of new jobs? And what...

Mike Thompson
May 10, 2012

Technology Revolutionizes Road Construction

New technology is taking cost, time and uncertainty out of highway design. For Virginians, this quiet revolution means less traffic disruption, lower costs and faster turn-around times on big projects....

Jefferson Forum
May 10, 2012

Urban Highway Tunnels Coming of Age

(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a publication by the Reason Foundation that Bob Poole authors each month.) For the past two decades, the United States has missed...

Bob Poole
May 10, 2012

Tax Restructuring in Virginia: A Revenue Neutral Path for Improving Our Economy

Can Virginia’s tax system be adjusted in a way that would be revenue neutral and grow our economy over the next several years? This new study by the Thomas Jefferson...

Mike Thompson
April 27, 2012

The Jefferson Journal: Tax Restructuring Can Benefit Every Virginian

What if you could improve Virginia’s economy by eliminating state income taxes on the working poor (and cutting taxes for everyone else) while creating thousands of new jobs? And what...

Mike Thompson
April 26, 2012

The Jefferson Journal: Midtown Tunnel Likely Dies Without Tolls

Hampton Roads area officials seem bent on delaying or cancelling the proposed public-private partnership (PPP) for the $2.1 billion Midtown Tunnel expansion over concerns about new tolls, preferring instead to...

Leonard Gilroy
April 16, 2012

Virginia Ranks Third in Recent 'Rich States, Poor States’ Study

Virginia has been a leader in economic growth over the past five yearswhile many other states have yet to experience significant growth. So why isit that Virginia does so well...

Jefferson Forum
April 12, 2012

Midtown Tunnel Likely Dies without Tolls

By Leonard Gilroy and Baruch Feigenbaum Hampton Roads area officials seem bent on delaying or cancelling the proposed public-private partnership (PPP) for the $2.1 billion Midtown Tunnel expansion over concerns...

Baruch Feigenbaum
April 12, 2012

Virginia's Next Economic Boom?

Virginia’s economic developers expect a wave of manufacturing and logistical investment when the Panama Canal expansion is complete. Opportunities this big, they say, come along only once in a generation....

Jefferson Forum
April 12, 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.