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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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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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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Study: Medicaid Expansion Means Healthier Workforce
Originally published by Public News Service. A comparison between states shows those that have expanded Medicaid are likely to have a healthier workforce. The Virginia General Ass ...
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Speak Out for Virginia
Yesterday, I participated in a conference call about Medicaid expansion where I learned that Kentucky has reduced the number of working uninsured people in their state by 36 perce ...
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Simple Things Can Help Virginia Families Build Cushion
Originally published by Public News Service. Working families in Virginia are having a hard time building up even a small financial cushion. But the authors of a new policy brief ...
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Bipartisan Climate Bill Would Invest Record $75 Million Per Year Into Energy-Saving Solutions for Virginia Families
RICHMOND—Senator Donald McEachin and Delegate Ron Villanueva joined consumer advocates at the Capitol in Richmond today to outline how their landmark bipartisan bill will help low ...
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Meeting—and Exceeding—the Clean Power Plan in Virginia (2016)
Published by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Clean Power Plan (CPP) sets the nation’s first-ever limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants—the largest cont ...
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