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A Flood of Voices

A Flood of Voices

Virginia Organizing, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and the Sierra Club of Virginia have teamed up to raise awareness about the flooding in the South Hampton Roads area. South Hampton Roads is one ...

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Mary Mannix Says About Half of Virginia’s Rural Hospitals Run in the Red

Mary Mannix Says About Half of Virginia’s Rural Hospitals Run in the Red

Originally posted on Politifact Virginia. Hospital officials from across Virginia flocked to Richmond last week to air concerns about tightening revenues at their facilities. Among them was Mary Manni ...

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Encourage Senator Warner to Stop Corporate Tax Loopholes!

Encourage Senator Warner to Stop Corporate Tax Loopholes!

Corporate lobbyists are working hard to make sure they pay as little tax as possible on profits they stash in offshore tax havens. U.S. Senator Mark Warner has previously proposed closing offshore tax ...

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Study: Pay Gap for Women Won’t Close Until 2059

Study: Pay Gap for Women Won’t Close Until 2059

Originally posted in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – Women won't get paid as much as men until the year 2059, according to a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Jessica Milli, th ...

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Environmental Justice and Jobs

Environmental Justice and Jobs

The creation of more jobs seems to be a major incentive the oil industries offer to convince people to allow such projects as offshore oil drilling, the Atlantic Coast pipeline, fracking and removing ...

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Senator Stanley, expand Medicaid

Senator Stanley, expand Medicaid

Originally published in the Danville Register and Bee. To the editor: By not expanding Medicaid, our General Assembly representatives have turned their backs on women and families in need. Women must ...

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States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states

States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states

Originally published on the Off the Charts blog at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States that have adopted health reform’s Medicaid expansion had a substantially lower uninsured rate in 2 ...

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Today is the day…

Today is the day…

The Community Foundation began its Amazing Raise early this morning. This event raises money for non-profits across the state, and, thanks to a generous dollar-for-dollar match donation and prize mone ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold Restoration of Rights Workshop in Woodbridge

Virginia Organizing to Hold Restoration of Rights Workshop in Woodbridge

What: Workshop to help returning citizens apply to restore civil rights When: Monday, September 14, 2015 from 7-8:30 p.m. Where: Chinn Park Library (13065 Chinn Park Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22192) Woodb ...

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We Need Medicaid Expansion

We Need Medicaid Expansion

Originally published in The Danville Register & Bee. To the editor: Aug. 29 was national Women’s Equality Day. I am writing in support of the Stand With Women campaign and to call for Medicaid exp ...

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