On a JLARC: The Latest Data on Virginia Casinos, More Progressive Tax Brackets, and Affordable Housing Struggles
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IN THE NEWS: Place Your Bets: Virginia may soon have four casinos up and running by 2025. Last week, members of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission received a...
show morePlace Your Bets: Virginia may soon have four casinos up and running by 2025. Last week, members of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission received a report titled “Oversight and Administration of Gaming in the Commonwealth" which details the pros, cons, and recommendations for Virginia casinos going forward.
Another new report from JLARC maps out ways to reduce the tax burden on low-income people while leaning more on wealthy people to balance the books--primarily, fixing the tax brackets that were set more than 30 years ago and adjusting them for the modern day.
Zoning for the Missing Middle: When the JLARC outlined ways lawmakers in Richmond could increase the stock of affordable housing last year, hopes were high. But then the General Assembly failed to take action. Now JLARC director Hal Greer listed last year's recommendations on affordable housing as unimplemented but important recommendations for the 1 in 3 Virginians who are considered "cost burdened" by housing.
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