Category Archives: Economy

Convenience Stores Will Continue to Flourish Without Skill Games

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Derrick A. Max

In today’s Roanoke Times, Thomas Jefferson Institute President Derrick Max rebutted the false claim that convenience stores will have to close if Governor Youngkin doesn’t approve the expansion of skill games into convenience stores across the Commonwealth. Max wrote (links added … Continue reading →

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Virginia’s Balance Sheet Almost Embarrassingly Strong

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Stephen D. Haner

“Our balance sheet couldn’t be stronger…this is our moment to soar.” So said Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Wednesday.  Every year, our governors come to the legislature to report on the end of the fiscal year financial result, and often they say something like … Continue reading →

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Virginians Want Their Change Back

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Barbara Hollingsworth

The latest preliminary figures from the Virginia Department of Revenue put the current general fund budget surplus at more than $5.1 billion for fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30. This is more than double the $1.94 billion surplus the commonwealth posted in 2022. … Continue reading →

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Destroying the Commonwealth in Order to Save it

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Barbara Hollingsworth

Members of the General Assembly who voted for a  bill in 2021 mandating that new vehicles sold in Virginia must be all-electric by 2035 forgot to do the math to show exactly how that would work in real life. As the … Continue reading →

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Virginia Ends the Subminimum Wage; Jeopardizes Disabled Workers

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Derrick A. Max

There are few issues with more economic consensus than the negative impacts of the minimum wage.  Originally designed to mimic racially discriminatory laws in other countries, the minimum wage continues to be a means of picking certain classes and geographic locations over … Continue reading →

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