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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Juneteenth: Celebrating and working for liberation for our youth
This is a joint op-ed with RISE for Youth, co-authored by Monica Hutchison; it originally appeared in...
Eliminating Youth Fines and Fees Relieves Black Youth and their Families from Undue Burden
Virginia can be a place where every young person has the support and resources to reach their full potential...