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Transportation Abomination
Mutant offspring of a tortured political process, the transportation compromise before the General Assembly will do more harm than good. It needs to be strangled in the crib.
by James A. Bacon
Looking Down the Road
Even as the General Assembly finalizes its political short-term response to transportation finance challenges, the long-term has arrived.
by Doug Koelemay
The Transportation Tax Panic
The transportation package backed by House and Senate Republicans would raise taxes and create unaccountable regional governments — just to help the GOP survive the next election.
by James Atticus Bowden
What About the Children?
In vilifying Walter Stosch’s tuition grants for disabled children, opponents decry the impact on schools, teachers, principals, even lawyers — but never the children.
by Chris Braunlich
Slippery Slope
Virginia’s Republicans are backing higher taxes and bigger government, ostensibly to save themselves from electoral disaster. They are taking the path to minority status.
by Phil Rodokanakis
Falling Short
The transportation bills before the Senate and House of Delegates conferees fall short of the fundamental reforms needed in transportation planning and priority setting.
by Stewart Schwartz and Lisa Guthrie
Reforming Regional Government
Regional governments in Hampton Roads have a say in taxes, tolls and major investments in critical infrastructure, but the public is largely excluded from decision making. Here are some remedies.
by Reid Greenmun
Nice & Curious Questions
Tea Leaves and Lifelines: Predicting the Future in Virginia
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
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