Budget & Revenue
K-12 Funding Trends At-a-Glance: Data for Statewide and All 132 School Divisions (2022)
Virginia schools had fewer staff during the 2020-2021 school year than they did during the 2008-2009 school year despite having...
Mixed Bag: State Budget for Upcoming Two Years Has Important Improvements & Setbacks for Racial Justice
Virginia families deserve a budget that helps them make ends meet and invests in the future. The budget for the...
Conference Budget Proposal Makes Notable Investments in Working Families and Public Education, Yet More Work Remains
Today, Ashley C. Kenneth, President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI) released the following statement on...
Session 2022: Key Budget Policy Choices
Comparing House, Senate, and conference budget proposals to the current budget House and Senate budget negotiators have submitted their proposed...
Statement: Vote Advancing Proposal to Pause Retail Gas Tax Puts Families, Communities, and Economic Growth at Risk
Today, Ashley C. Kenneth, President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI), released the following statement on...
TCI Statement on the Special Session: Lawmakers at Impasse, Must Prioritize Parents
Budget Impasse Continues, Delays Stem from Proposals That Would Do Little to Help Parents Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck VIRGINIA – Ashley...
Gas Tax Proposal Misses the Mark: Majority of “Savings” Would Flow to Oil Industry and People Who Don’t Live in Virginia
Note: The wording in the first paragraph was revised to clarify that Gov. Youngkin’s proposal...
TCI Calls on the General Assembly to Prioritize Parents and Families in Tax Choices and Education Funding
VIRGINIA – Today, Ashley C. Kenneth, President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI) released the following...
Costly for Everyone: Presuming People Should Be Held Pre-Trial Has Significant Economic and Fiscal Costs
The right to due process and a presumption of innocence are central to promoting fairness and justice within our criminal...