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Jefferson Forum
October 14, 2009
We started this series writing about a study we were conducting on local government transparency in Virginia. Today we are able to report preliminary results....
Jefferson Forum
October 14, 2009
The Virginia Information Technology Authority’s handling of its ten year, $2.3 billion IT contract with Northrup Grumman should not curb Virginia’s desire to engage in Public-Private Partnerships. Commonwealth policymakers should recognize that challenges occur and focus on fixing problems, not politicizing them....
Jefferson Forum
September 30, 2009
Killing the death tax once and for all will create about 39,000 jobs here in Virginia and privatizing the ABC stores will enable us to pour money into our deteriorating road network. We need action on both of these proposals....
Mike Thompson
September 30, 2009

In an Executive Order few have heard about, President Obama is trying to eliminate union competition for federal construction projects. Here’s what it means for Virginia workers and companies.

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Jefferson Forum
September 16, 2009
If 46 million more people are added to the demand side of the health care equation without optimistic productivity gains in the administration side, we likely will see a tradeoff between quantity and quality, particularly as it relates to rationing....
Jefferson Forum
September 16, 2009
The Union Bosses don’t feel totally confident that they can do away with the secret ballot in their effort to grow the union membership although the White House and congressional leaders are trying to do just that. But other things are going on quietly that will help the unions and...
Jefferson Forum
September 16, 2009
In much of Virginia students are quite successful in their public schools, but there are also significant pockets where the public school system has failed the students who attend them. The Virginia Education Association and the Virginia School Boards Association should focus on bringing quality charters into the Commonwealth to...
Christian Braunlich
September 15, 2009

With 98 percent of public schools meeting SOL standards, there are large swaths of Virginia where students are academically quite successful. But there are significant pockets – both urban and rural – where the public school systems have for years failed the educationally at-risk students who attend them, and where...

David Schnare
August 27, 2009

Politicians at their Town Hall meetings are finding it hard to believe that the public doesn’t trust them. But there are reasons for the public’s lack of trust … and on more than just health care.

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Jefferson Forum
August 25, 2009
The Virginia Manufacturing Association will be hosting a forum on climate change and the energy legislation currently being considered in Congress on August 27. Citizens Energy will be holding a rally for jobs and affordable energy in Richmond on September 3....