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Virginia Small Business Update #80

Virginia Small Business Update #80

Virginia continues to struggle over Medicaid expansion.  The state has yet to adopt a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 because the two houses of the state legislature ...

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Virginia Organizing to Screen The Dream is Now Documentary, Encourage Action on Immigration Reform

Virginia Organizing to Screen The Dream is Now Documentary, Encourage Action on Immigration Reform

For Immediate Release: May 30, 2014What: Screening of the documentary The Dream is Now, discussion to follow When: Monday, June 2, at 6 p.m. Where: El Rincon Hispano (215 ...

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Virginia Organizing’s Fredericksburg Chapter Canvasses for Immigration Reform

Virginia Organizing’s Fredericksburg Chapter Canvasses for Immigration Reform

Virginia Organizing leaders in Fredericksburg canvassed the area for supporters of immigration reform over the Memorial Day weekend. As a result, 26 community members voiced their concerns about the l ...

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Groups to Hold Peace Walk in Downtown Petersburg

Groups to Hold Peace Walk in Downtown Petersburg

For Immediate Release: May 30, 2014What: Petersburg Community Peace Walk When: Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m. Where: Poplar Lawn Park (corner of S. Sycamore and E. Fillmore Stre ...

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Refunding the Difference

Refunding the Difference

By Mitchell ColeFor the original story posted by The Half Sheet, click here.On the face of it, Virginia has a generous Earned Income Credit. But it ranks among the least effective EICs in the country ...

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Report to Show Working Virginians Would Gain Access to Health Coverage through Medicaid Expansion

Report to Show Working Virginians Would Gain Access to Health Coverage through Medicaid Expansion

For Immediate Release: May 29, 2014 Report Details Key Occupations of Uninsured Working VirginiansWashington, D.C.—On Thursday, June 5, at 10 a.m. EDT, Virginia Organizing, together with Fa ...

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Virginia Organizing Hosted Social Security Gathering in Harrisonburg

Virginia Organizing Hosted Social Security Gathering in Harrisonburg

For Immediate Release: May 28, 2014 Harrisonburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing hosted a gathering in Harrisonburg over Memorial Day weekend to bring together leaders from Virginia, North Carolina, Louisian ...

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Take Action on Immigration Reform

Take Action on Immigration Reform

By Dulce Elias, Harrisonburg Chapter Leader U.S. Representative and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has done it again! He’s putting politics over the needs of Virginians by blocking a vot ...

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There’s another scandal in American health care

There’s another scandal in American health care

Read the full story on Vox by clicking here.By Ezra KleinThe investigation is ongoing, but as of now, it looks like overwhelmed VA hospitals shunted some veterans onto secret wait lists and delayed th ...

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There’s another scandal in American health care

There’s another scandal in American health care

The investigation is ongoing, but as of now, it looks like overwhelmed VA hospitals shunted some veterans onto secret wait lists and delayed their care (read Vox's explainer here). The revelations are ...

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