A recent national wave of teacher strikes had only a small effect on Virginia. But a proposal moving through Richmond could change that.
Connecticut taxpayers are staggering under the double burden of high taxes and a high cost of living, thanks in large part to the overwhelming power government unions wield over public policy.
Virginia’s public colleges and universities are among the most expensive in the nation. A proposal moving through Richmond would make those costs even higher.
Property taxes may need to go up by 18% to pay for one proposal making its way through the state legislature.
The commonwealth boasts jobs growth of nearly 45% over the last three decades, well ahead of its peers to the north.
Virginia drivers would see a $491 million gas tax hike under a proposal from Gov. Ralph Northam.
The Old Dominion has thrived because it went with worker freedom, keeping taxes low and the economy booming. Now is not the time to pass a one-sided bill that hurts public employees and taxpayers.
The costs of repealing the state’s right-to-work law are all too real for the pocketbooks of working families.
The freedom to spend your money as you wish, and not to spend it to advance causes or organizations you oppose, is under assault in Virginia as political leaders attempt to repeal or weaken the commonwealth’s right-to-work law.