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Decriminalizing Poverty

May 12, 2025 | Megan Davis

Doing Our Work in Virginia: How Virginia’s Legislature is Investing in Communities (2025 Session Recap)

When we think about the Virginia that we want to live in — where families have access to affordable health...
February 13, 2025 | Megan Davis

Piecing it Together: House and Senate Budgets Hold Opportunities for Protecting and Investing in Families and Communities

State budget decisions are critical to realizing the vital investments our communities need. While Governor Youngkin presented a budget that...
January 21, 2025 | The Commonwealth Institute

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...
December 28, 2024 | Amy Wentz

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...
July 25, 2024 | Kami Blatt

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...
March 6, 2024 | Megan Davis

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...
June 29, 2022 | The Commonwealth Institute

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...
March 21, 2022 | Levi Goren

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...
February 18, 2021 | Phil Hernandez

Virginia Poised to Become A National Leader On Expungement Reform

Lawmakers have arrived at a proposed compromise on legislation that would expand Virginia’s restrictive expungement law by including new criminal record...
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