Economic Opportunity
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...
Governor’s Budget Amendments Miss Key Opportunities, TCI to Advocate for More Equitable Choices
Today, Ashley Kenneth, President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI), released the following statement on the...
Proven and Effective: Tax Credits to Lift Up Virginia Families
Most of us want to make sure our families and children have what they need to be healthy and reach...
TCI Launches “Jonei,” Digital Ad Calling for a $15 Minimum Wage for Virginia Workers
Gov. Youngkin vetoed legislation that would have given minimum wage workers a raise The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI)...
Roadmap to Reviving Worker Power: Leveraging Federal Funds to Grow Unions & Economic Opportunity
Choices made in recent years at the federal level offer Virginia a significant opportunity to build a more fair, more...
Budget Matters: How it Works and How It Can Work For Virginia Families
Originally published July 20, 2023: Updated Aug. 13, 2024 The state budget reflects what and who we value as a...
Where We Are on Key Policies that Support Working People and Needed Progress (Session 2024 Recap)
Working people drive our businesses and economy. And the public policy choices that support working people and impact their well-being,...
How We Fought to Invest in Families through a Fair, Family-focused Tax Code (Session 2024 Recap)
Most of us want to send our kids to well-funded public schools, to have access to affordable health care, and...