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Group Comes Up With Ways For Duke Energy To Address Coal Ash Spill Issues, Now Up For Public Review

Group Comes Up With Ways For Duke Energy To Address Coal Ash Spill Issues, Now Up For Public Review

One of Virginia Organizing's leaders, David Wilson, was featured in this story. To watch the full story at WSET, please click here. Danville, VA-- Thousands of tons of coal ash ha ...

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Senators join push to strike criminal history questions

Senators join push to strike criminal history questions

The Virginian-Pilot © May 9, 2015 U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined 24 Democratic colleagues in urging President Barack Obama to "ban the box" on applications for federa ...

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VA Women Would Benefit from $12 Minimum Wage

VA Women Would Benefit from $12 Minimum Wage

Listen to the audio version of this story at Public News Service.  RICHMOND, Va. - Momentum is building to raise the federal minimum wage, and a new analysis shows that working wo ...

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Agency that got its start in SWVa. celebrates two decades of success

Agency that got its start in SWVa. celebrates two decades of success

BY ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — In 1994, a community organizer came across the border from Kentucky into Southwest Virginia and started talking t ...

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Good-Government Groups Have Guarded Praise for Amended Ethics Bill

Good-Government Groups Have Guarded Praise for Amended Ethics Bill

For audio, please click here to see this story at Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – After passing an ethics bill that drew criticism and amendments from the governor, the Virgin ...

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Where Are Your Tax Dollars Going?

Where Are Your Tax Dollars Going?

Virginia Public Radio, April 13, 2015 RICHMOND, Va. – Taxes are on the minds of many Virginians, and a new analysis examines where exactly federal income tax dollars are going. Th ...

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Protesters Rally for Medicaid Expansion

Protesters Rally for Medicaid Expansion

Originally posted on Newsplex.com on April 8, 2015. ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA (NEWSPLEX) -- About a dozen people came together Wednesday to push for Medicaid expansion in the state of ...

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The Governor Banned the Box on State Job Applications!

The Governor Banned the Box on State Job Applications!

Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing leaders, including several people who were formerly incarcerated, were present today when Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the st ...

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ACA marks fifth anniversary

ACA marks fifth anniversary

Originally posted by The Martinsville Bulletin on April 1, 2015. Last month marked the five-year anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and according to repr ...

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Racial disparities exists in probation violation penalties, reports show

Racial disparities exists in probation violation penalties, reports show

Published by Daily Press More whites than blacks who are charged with probation violations get a break when they go before circuit court judges, case status records from 2014 sugg ...

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