Budget & Revenue
Policy Choices to Protect and Increase Investment in Virginia Communities
Originally published Nov. 2025; last updated Oct. 2026 To make sure every community in Virginia is a good...
Corporate Income Tax: How It Works and Why It Matters
Virginia’s tax code should be structured toward fairness. Those with the most should pay their fair share toward the...
Fair Share Taxes: A Simple, Effective Solution to Invest in Our Communities
First published Dec. 2023; last updated Sept. 2026 Whether we have $10 to our name or $10 million,...
Virginia’s Data Center Tax Debate: Context for the Conversations Ahead
Virginia families deserve to live free from environmental pollution, have affordable utility bills, and live in communities with resources...
Building Opportunity: A Racial Equity Analysis of Virginia’s 2026 Budget Choices
Every person in every community deserves to have what they need to thrive. Yet historic and ongoing discrimination has...
Virginia’s Data Center Tax Debate: What Changed and Why It Matters
Everyone wants Virginia to be a place where families can put down roots, find fulfilling and secure jobs, and...
Session 2026: Key Budget Policy Choices
The Virginia state budget affects everything and everyone in our lives — from how well we fund our public...
Budget Compromise Takes Initial Action on Data Centers Paying Their Fair Share, Supporting Stronger Investments in Key Areas
Today, Ashley Kenneth, President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI), released the following statement on...
Opinion: Affordability hinges on ensuring data centers pay their fair share of taxes
This op-ed originally appeared in Cardinal News Virginia legislators and the governor are locked in final budget negotiations,...