Category Archives: Government Reform

No MVP in this Trading Deal?

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

And now, from our “I’ll believe it when I see it” department, comes the expectation that passage of President Joe Biden’s new corporate tax hike and green energy incentives package will be followed by a smooth path to completion for … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons To Reject Offshore Wind Project (The video shows Number Five)

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

Researchers at the University of Virginia are part of an ongoing effort to redesign wind turbines to be both more efficient and better protected from storm-scale winds, as described in this video you can find on a university website. What is the … Continue reading →

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Virginia’s Scholarship Tax Credits: An Educational Beacon of Hope

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Gerard Robinson

There is more to love about education in Virginia thanks to the budget Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law on June 22, 2022. It contains the largest education budget in Virginia history at $3.2 billion, $900 million for Historically Black Colleges and … Continue reading →

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The Increased Gas Taxes You Didn’t Know You Were Paying

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

Virginia’s gasoline and diesel taxes will rise 7% on July 1, about three more cents per gallon when all the elements of the tax are combined. This is the inflation-driven cost of living adjustment which Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) and … Continue reading →

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Why Delay Food Tax Cut Until 2023?

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Stephen D. Haner

Everybody eats.  With all the money sloshing around the Virginia treasury for the General Assembly to play with, it is hard to see the logic in continuing the state sales tax on groceries an additional six months, delaying that particular … Continue reading →

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