Decriminalizing Poverty
What’s In and Who’s Left Out of the Governor’s Budget
Budgets show what and who we value, and Virginia’s families deserve a budget that values them by providing broad and...
Session 2025: Key Budget Policy Choices
The Virginia state budget affects everything and everyone in our lives — from how well we fund our public schools,...
Ujima: Collective Work, Collective Impact in 2024
TCI is closing out 2024 ready for the work ahead and bolstered by collaboration with Collective Work, our racial and...
Decriminalizing Poverty: What Happened in the 2024 Session and What Still Needs to be Done?
Justice should not depend on what someone looks like or how much they have in their wallet. Yet a number...
Session 2024: Key Budget Policy Choices
Comparing the introduced, legislature-passed, and governor’s amendments for the 2024-2026 budget The governor has released his proposed changes to the...
Statement: Governor Perpetuates System of Inequality, Keeps People Ensnared in Legal System through Veto of HB857/SB514
Emily King, Senior Policy Analyst at The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI), released the following statement regarding the governor...
How House and Senate Budget Proposals Would Impact Virginia Communities
When lawmakers make bold choices to raise resources, we can invest more in all of us. Last week, the House...
The 60 Year Shadow of Court Fines & Fees
Originally published Jan 10, 2022; Updated Jan 19, 2024 Virginia’s criminal legal system should advance justice, treat people fairly, and...
Two Commonwealth’s Attorneys Announce Policy to Reduce Court Debt Collection Fees
Today, two Commonwealth’s Attorneys — the Hon. Buta Biberaj (Loudoun) and the Hon. Ramin Fatehi (Norfolk) — are announcing a...