Survey: Small Business Group Leaders Say States Favor Big Businesses at the Expense of Small Firms Seeking to Grow
A national survey of 41 leaders of small business organizations representing 24,000 member businesses in 25 states reveals that they overwhelmingly believe that state economic dev ...
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Study: Pay Gap for Women Won’t Close Until 2059
Originally posted in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – Women won't get paid as much as men until the year 2059, according to a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Resear ...
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States not expanding Medicaid falling further behind expansion states
Originally published on the Off the Charts blog at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States that have adopted health reform’s Medicaid expansion had a substantially lowe ...
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“Ban the Box” Resolution Passes Unanimously in Prince William County
Originally posted on NewWoodbridge.org. This Tuesday, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously passed the “Ban the Box” resolution, introduced last week by Woodb ...
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Online family budget calculator shows Virginia working families struggling
Originally published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - A typical working family in Virginia probably doesn't make enough money to support itself, according to a new online b ...
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Va. Ranked Eighth Worst in Country for Gender Equality in New WalletHub Study
Published in the Loudon Times-Mirror. Virginia women looking for more gender equality in the workplace might set their sights on Hawaii. A recent WalletHub study lists the state ...
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Tougher Pollution Rules Affect Low-Income Neighborhoods Differently
The full article and audio file can be found at Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - Since the Clean Air Act of 1970, America's air has gotten cleaner, but the American Lung Assoc ...
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New BRT must work for everyone
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Editor, Times-Dispatch: As a bus rider, I was excited to hear about the city’s new Bus Rapid Transit plan. I think the city has the right ...
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Medicaid at 50: Huge benefits for Virginia’s kids
(Published in Public News Service.) Medicaid turns 50 years old this week, and the impact it's had on the lives of children is being praised, both by advocates and academics. Two ...
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Clean power plan should ease Virginia electric bills
Published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – An Environmental Protection Agency plan to cut carbon pollution should actually save Virginia families money, if meeting the plan ...
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