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Voters Should Say “No” to New Carbon Tax

Virginia should not join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax is now fully authorized under a new state regulation, and...

Stephen D. Haner
September 11, 2019

Repeal The Jones Act

By any measure, the Jones Act has been a failure.” This conclusion comes from the Cato Institute study of the Jones Act. It claims, “Under its watch [Jones Act] the...

Jefferson Forum
August 13, 2019

Sense and Nonsense on Climate Armageddon

A good sense discussion on the Most Important Threat in Human History was provided July 14 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, in a guest column from a retired University of Richmond...

Jefferson Forum
July 31, 2019

How the Jones Act Hurts Agriculture

As we shared with you in a previous column, the Jones Act, signed into law June 5, 1920, was a good idea at the time, but is devastating to U.S....

Jefferson Forum
July 31, 2019

The Jones Act: A Hidden Cost to Farmers

Do you know about The Jones Act? You should. It has a profoundly negative impact on your farming business. The Cato Institute recently published Policy Analysis No. 845 The Jones...

Jefferson Forum
July 17, 2019

Virginia Loves Data Centers More Than Chip Makers

Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, in its latest analysis of Virginia’s economic development incentives, reports that efforts to capture and nurture microchip manufacturing with grants and tax breaks...

Jefferson Forum
June 26, 2019

Texas Judge Sinks WOTUS Rule

A U.S. District Court judge in Galveston, Texas has decided the Obama administration’s 2014 definition of “Waters of the United States” took place without complying with the federal Administrative Procedures...

Jefferson Forum
June 11, 2019

Why Farm Bureau Likes EPA’s Revised Water Policies

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) submitted WOTUS comments to the U.S. EPA on April 15, 2019. The 25-page document is worth reading. The AFBF comments are on a subject...

Jefferson Forum
May 30, 2019

Is the Goal Cutting CO2 or Imposing a Tax?

While it would have been a popular step with his political base, and one he was expected to take, Governor Ralph Northam may have been smart to pass on seeking...

Stephen D. Haner
May 14, 2019

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