Report outlines Virginia's economic health

(The Center Square) — Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission recently released its annual report to give legislators a high-level overview of how the commonwealth fared economically and otherwise in recent years — compared to its historical data and other states’ performances.

Among its 36 featured points of comparison, the report captured pieces of a stubborn population trend Virginia’s leadership is doing its best to reverse: the state’s stellar and uniquely consistent bond rating, highly educated percentage and relatively low poverty levels.