Category Archives: Top Story

The Centrality of Growth

Posted on April 28, 2009 by matt ohern

We can focus on economic development all we want, but if our policies don’t grow the size of the economic pie it will all come for naught. We need to make sure stimulus money doesn’t distort markets and instead promotes the growth of our economy. Continue reading →

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Dollars per Scholar

Posted on April 14, 2009 by matt ohern

On the 2008 data, tiny Poquoson continues to deliver more educational bang for the buck than any other Virginia locality. Continue reading →

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Retooling Virginia’s Workforce by Re-imagining its Higher Education System

Posted on March 31, 2009 by matt ohern

In an effort to increase the competitiveness and the marketable job skills of its workforce, Virginia should consider taking better advantage of the technical focus of its community colleges and use them to encourage better career planning. Continue reading →

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Judicial Selection in Virginia: An Inherently Flawed Process

Posted on March 17, 2009 by matt ohern

Virginia’s system for selecting judges is too closed and riddled with conflicts of interest. We need to move to a merit based process for determining our judges. Continue reading →

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Is It a Crisis of Funding or a Crisis of Courage? – The State Budget for the Commonwealth of Virginia

Posted on March 3, 2009 by matt ohern

It will take courage and leadership from our state leaders to make the necessary changes that place us on the right track of limiting the government’s size. Continue reading →

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