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Northam Administration Still Avoiding Discussion of TCI
Why do Virginia’s leaders run away from the Transportation and Climate Initiative? Could it be because the first state legislature to consider it, in reliably Democratic Connecticut, just adjourned without even taking a vote on the proposed carbon tax compact, despite strong support from Democratic Governor Ned Lamont? Continue reading
Considering Public Sector Collective Bargaining? Here’s How to Protect Taxpayers and Workplace Freedom
Twenty-eight years after Governor Doug Wilder signed it into law, the Virginia General Assembly lifted the ban on public sector collective bargaining. As of May 1st, localities in Virginia could give government unions a monopoly to represent all employees at … Continue reading
Posted in Government Reform, State Government
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Northam Regs Out of Step With Reality
Despite the stunning and rapid success of the vaccines in arresting the spread of COVID-19, if you enter a Virginia workplace you go back in time to the pre-vaccine era of doubt and fear. Virginia acted in haste in adopting … Continue reading
Posted in Regulation, State Government
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With Tax Revenue Exploding, Virginia Should Boost Standard Deduction, Index for Inflation
One of the big financial winners with the May 1 Virginia minimum wage increase is the state itself, because the entire raise is subject to a 5 percent state income tax. With its low standard deduction and personal exemption amounts, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government Reform, State Government, Taxes
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Northam Tax Harvest Expands Again
With the release yesterday of the April 2021 Virginia state revenue report, covering ten months of the fiscal year, a correction in an earlier report becomes necessary. Continue reading
Posted in State Government, Taxes
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