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		<title>How Important Are Local Taxes to Localities?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact Patrick Getlein Communications Director patrick@thecommonwealthinstitute.org 804-396-2051 x103 www.thecommonwealthinstitute.org
June 6, 2013
How Important Are Local Taxes to Localities?Without concrete options, localities could lose out
RICHMOND, VA – Proposals to weaken or completely dismantle local business&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How Important are Local Taxes to Localities?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eliminating or reducing key local business taxes in Virginia without providing cities, towns, and counties with ways to make up the revenue losses undermines their ability to invest in local priorities like keeping streets clean, neighborhoods safe, and kids educated.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s top opinion: Substance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 14:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Michael Cassidy of the liberal Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis argued in these pages four years ago: “Virginia’s complex collection of tax deferrals, exemptions, deductions and special rates cost the state billions of dollars each year. These breaks are&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What Would a Cut to the Top Individual Income Tax Rate Mean for Virginians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media ContactPatrick GetleinCommunications Directorpatrick@thecommonwealthinstitute.org804-396-2051 x103www.thecommonwealthinstitute.org
May 16, 2013
What Would a Cut to the Top Individual Income Tax Rate Mean for Virginians?4 in 10 Virginians Would See No Benefit, Federal Government Stands to Gain
RICHMOND, VA –&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What Would a Cut to the Top Individual Income Tax Rate Mean for Virginians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal to eliminate Virginia’s top individual income tax rate would overwhelmingly benefit the state’s wealthiest residents, who already spend far less of their household budgets on state and local taxes than any other group. Nearly 40 percent of Virginia&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Cuccinelli unveils energy policy, as liberal think tank criticizes his tax plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 16, 2013 Cuccinelli unveiled his energy policy the same day a liberal-leaning think tank released a critical analysis of the Republican gubernatorial candidate’s tax-cut proposal, as both campaigns have begun offering increasingly specific policy prescriptions.
read more&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia gubernatorial hopefuls tout tax reform</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommonwealthinstitute.org/2013/05/11/virginia-gubernatorial-hopefuls-tout-tax-reform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=virginia-gubernatorial-hopefuls-tout-tax-reform</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 13:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 11, 2013 Making the case against more cuts, Michael Cassidy of the liberal Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis said Virginia is attractive to business because of its educated workforce, infrastructure and other assets.
read more&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Online sales tax bill, key to Va. transportation funding, puts Cuccinelli in tough spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 10, 2013
“The net effect would be to blow a big hole in the amount of funding that would go transportation’s way,” said Michael Cassidy, president of the liberal-leaning Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis. “The backstop does not fully&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Facts on Virginia’s Immigrant Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommonwealthinstitute.org/2013/04/25/the-facts-on-virginias-immigrant-communities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-facts-on-virginias-immigrant-communities</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Maps Show Key Facts by Congressional District
Immigrants make up a growing segment of Virginia&#8217;s population. With comprehensive immigration reform now working its way through Congress, we analyzed demographic and economic information about foreign-born communities in Virginia’s 11 congressional&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Think tank: Virginia road costs will weigh on the poor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 24, 2013
A Richmond-based think tank, the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, believes that Virginia’s multibillion-dollar transportation funding package will put a heavier burden on lower-income households than on more affluent families, the Loudoun Times-Mirror reports.
Read more.&#8230;]]></description>
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