The Issues
Economic Freedom
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...
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....
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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.