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Virginia’s McAuliffe to announce restoration of voting rights to 13,000 felons

Virginia’s McAuliffe to announce restoration of voting rights to 13,000 felons

Published by the Washington Post Gov. Terry McAuliffe will announce Monday that he has restored voting rights to 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis after Republicans and state Supreme Court justice ...

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Governor McAuliffe Announces Utility-Scale Solar Project in Northampton County

Governor McAuliffe Announces Utility-Scale Solar Project in Northampton County

~20-megawatt facility to provide enough power to supply over 3,000 households~ Released by Governor Terry McAuliffe RICHMOND – Governor McAuliffe announced today that Hecate Energy, LLC has received a ...

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Release: Locals, Environmental Groups Raise Concerns Over State Fracking Standards

Release: Locals, Environmental Groups Raise Concerns Over State Fracking Standards

State protections questioned as industry-funded review gets underway ABINGDON, Virginia – Local residents and community activists joined environmental and social justice groups to call for a comprehen ...

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Study: Clean Power Can Lead to Millions in Commercial Energy Savings

Study: Clean Power Can Lead to Millions in Commercial Energy Savings

Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - A new study finds that if states implement the Clean Power Plan, energy savings would be greatest in retail and office buildings and total more than $1 ...

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Advisory: Locals, Environmental Groups Raise Concerns Over State Fracking Standards

Advisory: Locals, Environmental Groups Raise Concerns Over State Fracking Standards

State protections questioned as industry-funded review gets underway ABINGDON, Virginia – Local residents and community activists will join environmental and social justice groups to call for a compre ...

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Come to Grassroots Gathering 2016

Come to Grassroots Gathering 2016

Grassroots Gathering 2016 is next month! Have you registered yet? In addition to the engaging workshops, great people, and a beautiful location at Smith Mountain Lake, we are proud to announce the spe ...

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McWhorter: Renewables would bring more jobs

McWhorter: Renewables would bring more jobs

Published in The Roanoke Times on August 3, 2016 Re: "Marching on Richmond," July 19 editorial: In that piece, you asked those in support of environmental justice to think about how we might attract j ...

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Va.’s Bureau of Insurance advises against Anthem-Cigna merger

Va.’s Bureau of Insurance advises against Anthem-Cigna merger

Published on August 1 by the Richmond Times-Dispatch The State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance last week released a long-awaited analysis of the proposed merger between insurers Anthem an ...

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Johnson: A march for environmental justice

Johnson: A march for environmental justice

This op-ed was published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on July 29, 2016 When I moved from Hampton to Newport News in 1999, I was told I was not living in a flood zone. Fast forward to 2015 and my hom ...

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Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word

Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word

Published by the Virginian-Pilot.  I hesitated to call Patricia Skinner on Monday. I didn’t want to further muddle a confusing situation. Skinner, a former felon-turned-health care worker, served 2½ y ...

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