Governor McAuliffe Signs Executive Order to Combat Discrimination in Virginia
Released by the Office of the Governor. Full release and Executive Order text found here. CHARLOTTESVILLE – Governor McAuliffe today issued Executive Order 61, which will advance ...
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Coalition: Pipeline Route Poses Landslide Risk
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. -- Federal regulators are taking a favorable view of the huge Atlantic Coast Pipeline. But research by a citizen group has found tha ...
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“Our Health Care is Under Attack, What Do We Do? Stand Up, Fight Back.”
Listen to the audio of this story at WVTF Radio Word that the Affordable Care Act is under attack has its supporters in Virginia planning a series of protests around the state. R ...
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Federal Budget Rules Could Bring Automatic Social Security, Medicare Cuts
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. — New budget rules proposed for Congress could bring deep, automatic cuts to benefit programs for seniors that had been exempt from ...
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Federal Pipeline Agency Criticized for Being Too Close to Industry
RICHMOND, Va. — A spate of proposed gas pipeline projects have drawn sharp criticism from advocates who say the federal permitting agency has a built-in bias toward the industry. ...
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Grassroots Group and Spotsylvania Schools Make Progress on Discipline
About a year ago, Spotsylvania County resident Bryn Pavek saw a startling headline. Virginia, she found, led the nation with the highest number of student referrals to police. A r ...
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Letter: Spotsylvania Schools Take an Important Step
Published in the Free Lance-Star I would like to thank School Superintendent Scott Baker and Sheriff Roger Harris for their diligence and responsiveness in making progress on redu ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing continues conversation with Danville police for ‘more accountability’
Standing on the steps of City Hall, members of Virginia Organizing announced the progress they are making in an ongoing conversation with Danville police on accountability and tra ...
Read More »Two in Five Virginians Live in ‘Child Care Deserts’
RICHMOND, Va. — A new study shows that more than 3.25 million Virginians live in areas without enough childcare facilities to meet local needs. The Center for American Progress re ...
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Police Referrals, Out-of-School Suspensions Decline in Roanoke Schools
Published by The Roanoke Times Roanoke nearly cut in half the number of black students who were referred to police last year because of a disciplinary incident, proud administrato ...
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