Virginia Political News

The Thomas Jefferson Institute’s opposition to President Trump’s tariff regime is now well known. Taxing imports only hurts those the President hopes to help most. While the President’s recent call to extend tariffs to foreign made films has gotten a lot of press, little attention is being paid to President Trump’s recent threat to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical The post Tariffs on Medicine Put Virginia Patients at Risk appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

There are few issues more important than how and how much governments tax their citizens. But what is often less appreciated, but even more important, is under what authority taxes are imposed. Former Senator and Virginia Governor George Allen, a Republican, opposes President Trump’s tariffs, arguing they are an unconstitutional overreach of presidential power. In The post Former Virginia Governor George Allen: ‘The Tariffs Are An Unconstitutional Seizure of Taxation Power that Conservatives Should Oppose’ appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills that he sought to amend at the 2025 General Assembly’s reconvened session last month. The rejection of his amendments or substitutes gave him a final opportunity for a full veto of the legislation. Friday night was his deadline for decisions. His overall number The post Youngkin Acts to Prevent Energy Price Hikes, Labels Virginia Clean Economy Act ‘Failed’ appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

Virginia is not directly involved, but with our nuclear industrial base, a pending federal lawsuit over the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is crucial for our energy future. At the end of last year, Texas and Utah and small nuclear startup LAST Energy filed a claim in the Eastern District of Texas that the NRC is unlawfully impeding progress in the The post Lawsuit Challenges the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Over Regulation of Small Reactors appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.

Every taxpayer dollar sent to any university or private entity should be closely scrutinized.  In the case of the billions sent to Harvard University and other elite schools, the probe being imposed by the Trump administration is long overdue.  The research grants which make up the majority of Harvard’s non-medical federal funding, notoriously lack transparency, allow for The post Why Harvard University and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Should Both Keep their Tax Exemptions appeared first on Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.