Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program
Originally posted on The Danville Register & Bee. Members of both the Danville Police Department and Virginia Organizing announced expansions in availability of citizen compla ...
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Virginia Groups Want Stronger Safeguards on Fracking
Originally published by WSLS. Environmental and public interest groups are urging officials to halt any new fracking efforts in Virginia until they complete a thorough review of t ...
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New Institute for Policy Studies Report Examines Wealth Concentration
From the Institute for Policy Studies America’s 20 wealthiest people, a group that could fit comfortably in one single Gulfstream G650 luxury jet, now own more wealth than the bot ...
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Amherst County to Revise Ordinance Restricting Felons from Operating Businesses
Originally published in The Amherst New Era Progress. Virginia Organizing leaders in an emerging Chapter in the area have been organizing around this important issue! In response ...
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Report: Youth Prison Systems Failing Virginia
Originally posted on Public News Service. A new analysis of the state's youth prison system finds it to be a costly revolving door, and experts are urging Virginia policymakers to ...
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John Kerry Warns Climate Change is a National Security Risk
Originally posted in The Daily Press. Ahead of high-stakes climate change talks in Paris, Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday of increasing and grim national security ris ...
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Student Loan Debt, A Growing Problem for Virginia
Originally posted in Public News Service. Student loan debt in the state is high and rising and it's a real problem for some. An annual survey by the Institute for College Access ...
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Death Penalty Support, Use Erodes in Virginia and U.S.
Listen to the story at Public News Service. The death penalty is in a long, slow decline in Virginia and nationally, according to opinion polls and how often it's being used. Robe ...
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More U.S. Children Get Health Coverage, But Rate in Virginia Stalls
Originally published on Public News Service. More children are getting health care coverage nationally, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center for Children ...
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Public Programs Lift Millions of Women and Children Out of Poverty
Originally posted on the National Women's Law Center blog. Some members of Congress are putting public programs that are vital to women and families on the chopping block—despite ...
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