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Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
Richmond, Virginia ·The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis provides credible, independent and accessible information and analyses of state fiscal issues with particular attention to the impacts on low- and moderate-income persons.
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Governor’s Proposed Budget Amendments Prioritize Corporate Interests Above Working People and Families
- April 5, 2023
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Rodrigo Soto and Megan Davis
Teachers and frontline workers helped Virginia navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and are bearing more than their share of harm from rising costs on their everyday expenses. Across Virginia, workers and […]
A Pay Cut Based on Age? Why Lawmakers Should Reject House Bill 1669
- April 5, 2023
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Mel Borja
After years of advocacy and a recent win to strengthen Virginia’s minimum wage, a bill that further guts the minimum wage for minors is making its way through the General […]
Coming Together for Loudoun County: Collective Bargaining Strengthens Communities and Families
- July 15, 2021
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Laura Goren and Phil Hernandez
Loudoun County is a growing, increasingly diverse community that is a place of aspirations and contrasts: one of the highest-income counties in the United States, and a place where many […]
Raising the Wage in Virginia Will Benefit Working Families
- December 12, 2019
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Laura Goren and Ashley C. Kenneth
Everyone in Virginia working a full-time job should be paid enough to provide for their family. However, for many this is not the case. Nearly two-thirds of Virginia families with […]
Virginia Immigrants in the Economy: Pillars of Prosperous Communities
- June 24, 2019
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Laura Goren and Ashley C. Kenneth
Whether we are born here or moved here, we all value that Virginia is a great place to raise a family. Immigrants move to Virginia for many of the same […]
Unequal Opportunities: Fewer Resources, Worse Outcomes for Students in Schools with Concentrated Poverty
- October 26, 2017
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Chris Duncombe
Persistent gaps in test scores and college enrollment between students from low income families and other more financially secure students are well documented, as are the challenges schools face in […]
Virginia Immigrants in the Economy
- April 19, 2017
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Staff Report
Virginia’s immigrants are diverse, growing in number, and are major contributors to our state’s economy. Immigrants in Virginia today are more educated, higher earning, naturalizing at faster rates and living […]
We’re in This Together: African-American and Immigrant Communities Share Challenges, Policy Solutions
- May 24, 2016
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Staff Report
Immigrants and immigrant communities face many of the same challenges as African-Americans and African-American communities, and there are critical policy solutions that would make a big difference to both. While […]
Patchwork Recovery: As Job Gains Spread, Gaps Are Becoming More Stark
- April 26, 2016
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Aaron Williams, Laura Goren, and Michael Cassidy
There are finally more jobs in Virginia than before the recession started eight years ago. Today, workers in high-wage occupations, certain industries such as education and health services, and several […]
High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development
- December 17, 2015
- Keystone Research Center
- Stephen Herzenberg
In response to the federal Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA), most states are now in the latter stages of developing federally required plans and policies for operating their systems […]