About the Lee and Washington County Chapters
Our Washington County Chapter is one of our oldest! Over the years the chapter has worked locally on literacy, anti-bullying, predatory lending, health care reform and has coordin ...
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Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism
Published in The Washington Post Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2014 Regarding Petula Dvorak’s July 19 Metro column, “Lines of desperation: Once-a-year chance to get medical care ...
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Washington County supervisors to look at natural gas ordinance
Posted: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:22 pm | Updated: 11:25 pm, Sat Jun 28, 2014. ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — An ordinance governing drilling for ...
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For Immediate Release: June 10, 2014LOCAL VIGIL PART OF NINE ACROSS VIRGINIA What: Vigil in support of Medicaid expansion When: Thursday, June 12 at 8 p.m. ...
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Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking
Published by WJHL News Channel 11 on May 16, 2014 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA (WJHL) - By Allie HInds, Reporter Some Southwest Virginia landowners say discussions detailing the possibil ...
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Landowners voicing concerns on proposed natural gas drilling
Published by Bristol Herald Courier on May 9, 2014 By ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. — Some landowners whose properties lie in the proposed natural ga ...
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Christmas Carols for Governor McDonnell
The 12 (well 8) Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Regressive taxation On the second day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Underpaid teache ...
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Social Security Cuts: Greatest Impact on Rural VA
America's small towns would be hit hardest by any cuts in Social Security, according to a new analysis by the Center for Rural Strategies, posted on the rural news website the Dai ...
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Shepherd Powell: Respecting Seniors, Protecting Social Security
Throughout my eight week-long internship to educate senior citizens about the importance of protecting Social Security, I’ve had a number of conversations with older Americans tha ...
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Shepherd Powell: Bad Debt Ceiling Deals Have Southwest Seniors “Cussin” Congress
In talking to senior citizens in southwest Virginia about the importance of protecting social security, I think it is the worried look in the eyes of these older Americans that ge ...
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