Talk is Cheap, Tax Preferences Aren’t
Posted on The Half Sheet on July 31, 2014By Emily UseltonSpending cuts are the go-to when it comes to closing a budget shortfall in Virginia. But there is another pathway: reformi ...
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The Budget Gimmick That Would Not Die
Originally published on The Half Sheet, the blog of the Commonwealth Institute on July 10, 2014.A budget gimmick lawmakers introduced four years ago to help balance the budget ...
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Refunding the Difference
By Mitchell ColeFor the original story posted by The Half Sheet, click here.On the face of it, Virginia has a generous Earned Income Credit. But it ranks among the least effective ...
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Virginia ranked second-worst among all states for the number of vulnerable minorities who had to go without health care in the last year because of the high cost, according to a n ...
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It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
By Anna ChuOriginal article from Center for American Progress and can be accessed by clicking here. Right now, a parent working full time earning the minimum wage and raising ...
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Who Benefits from Tax Day?
Today is Tax Day! Millions of Americans are paying their fair share of taxes at rates higher than many corporations. Tax shelters, loopholes, and other accounting techniques ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Releases Statement on U.S. Senate’s Failure to Support the Unemployed
For Immediate Release: January 16, 2014Petersburg, Va.—In response to the U.S. Senate’s recent failure to support the unemployed with the vote not to extend unem ...
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Sens. Kaine, Warner seek to reverse provision of federal budget deal
By Brain CarltonPublished by The News Virginian on December 21, 2013The budget that Congress adopted this past week cuts $6 billion from military retirement pensions, starting in ...
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Virginia Organizing: Budget deal shows more work needed to protect individuals
Published December 15 by the Progress-IndexTo the Editor:Virginia Organizing is thankful for the hard work of members of Congress to reach a budget compromise that will be voted o ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Releases Statement on Federal Budget Compromise
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2013Petersburg, Va.—In response to the budget deal announced Tuesday, December 10, Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook release ...
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