The Issues
Energy Freedom
Your costs will rise, not decline Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Yet Governor Spanberger is willing for the combination to go forward if her conditions are met. Her position now is...
Spanberger and Dominion Asked the Same Software the Same Question and Got Different Answers Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “If left alone to do its job, absent changes in the law,...
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Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Virginia needs an energy policy capable of powering the success it helped create. Scapegoating data centers is not an energy policy.” 9/16/2026 — Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, who likely...
Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “The impact of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon tax on your electric bill – and everything you buy which depends on electricity – will be...
Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Data centers didn’t create Virginia’s policy challenges; they have created enormous wealth that can fuel Virginia’s economy for decades to come. Virginia policymakers should think twice...
Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “Nothing should be non-negotiable in an SCC proceeding except adherence to the law.” 8/7/2026 — Governor Abigail Spanberger’s announcement that she will intervene in the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC and...
Key Takeaways: Key Quote: “The appropriate tax treatment of data centers is the same as that of other industries.” 8/4/2026 — When Jared Walczak writes something down, you should read it. Whether...
Key Takeaways: Key Quote: One historic Canadian wildfire season released many times the amount of carbon Virginia’s electricity sector emits in a year. It likely also exceeded several decades of...
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.