Rally held in Danville for Clean Power Plan
Published by the Danville Register & Bee. A Clean Power Plan rally was held in Danville on Saturday afternoon to raise awareness of efforts being made to reduce carbon polluti ...
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Thank you, Governor McAuliffe
Your calls made a difference! Keep up the good work, Virginia Organizing leaders and supporters! ...
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Exposé Shows Dominion’s Influence Clouds Top Levels of Coal Ash Decision-Making in Virginia
Written by Kelly Trout and published on CCAN's blog. RICHMOND—A major DC media outlet published an exposé this afternoon detailing how the money and political influence of Dominio ...
Read More »Good Jobs First: Florida, Missouri and New Mexico Examined
Washington, DC—Amidst a political season thick with pro-small business rhetoric, a new study on what states actually spend to help create private-sector jobs reveals a sharp bias ...
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Aspire! Award recipient ‘Asks Big Questions’ and makes big impact on campus
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 7, 2016 – Nicole Selz has a maxim. She worked on it for over a year, honing the words to convey the meaning she so strongly believes in. It is a deceptively ...
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McAuliffe vetoes bill to require legislature’s OK of Virginia Clean Power Plan
Originally posted in the Bay Journal. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation that would have required General Assembly approval of any state plan to comply with the ...
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Analysis: Medicaid Not Straining Federal Budget
RICHMOND, Va. - Critics of expanding Virginia's Medicaid charge the health program for the poor is unsustainably expensive. A new analysis suggests it's not. Although the federal ...
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State of the States Report 2015
Published by the Center for American Progress. See also: Interactive: Restoring Shared Prosperity (TalkPoverty.org) State-by-state fact sheets In 2014, more than one in seven Ame ...
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Getting the Most Energy Efficiency Bang for Your Buck in Virginia
Virginia residents experience incredibly diverse weather. With temperatures averaging at 28 degrees during the coldest months and reaching 90 degrees or more during the summer, ho ...
Read More »Study: Record Number of Prisoners Exonerated Last Year
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - Across the U.S., nearly 150 prisoners were released last year when their convictions were overturned. That's a record number of ex ...
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