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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Corporations Avoid Doing Their Part
Originally published in The Virginian-Pilot. Duke Energy may have set a new record for bad corporate behavior — it polluted a river while dodging its taxes. Duke was fined more th ...
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Study: Medicaid Coverage For Virginia Parents Would Help Children
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - By not expanding Medicaid to cover working poor adults, Virginia also is shortchanging thousands of children, according to a new s ...
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Most of those without Medicaid are the working poor
Published in USA Today They toil in America’s fast-food restaurants, call centers and retail stores — yet as many as five million Americans remain not only poor but also uninsured ...
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Governor McAuliffe Announces Further Reduction on Inmate Phone Call Rates
Originally posted by Governor Terry McAuliffe. RICHMOND - Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that offenders in Virginia’s prisons can now stay in touch with loved ones by wa ...
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Your Federal Student Loans Just Got Easier to REPAYE
This article was published on Homeroom, the official blog of the Department of Education Beginning today, Federal Direct Loan borrowers can take advantage of a new repayment plan: ...
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