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The Sugar Industry Wants a Free Market
There are a lot of issues that aren’t Virginia specific but which impact everyone of us and the dynamics of public policy on these issues is reflected in our everyday lives. One of those issues is the price and availability … Continue reading
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The China Syndrome
Conventional wisdom in the U.S. transportation infrastructure community is that our infrastructure is “crumbling,” and that China shows the way forward by “spending more on infrastructure each year than North America and Western Europe combined.” This has also been a … Continue reading
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New EPA Regulations Harm Economic Growth
As Virginia struggles to figure out how to build a more robust economic future, employ more of our citizens in better paying jobs, and encourage those who have left the workforce to come back into it, the federal government’s regulatory … Continue reading
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Economic Impact: Signs in the economy show presidential race is too close to call
( Editor’s note: This year’s election is certainly one that we won’t soon forget, even if we want to! This column was written two weeks ago.) With the election less than a month away, pundits are providing a variety of … Continue reading
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Needed in Virginia: A Fiscal Early Warning System
In the wake of the City of Petersburg’s fiscal meltdown, the General Assembly has appointed Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Augusta, to head a subcommittee to study how other states deal with fiscally stressed localities. In surveying best practices in other states, … Continue reading
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