Let’s Get Virginia to Work!
Labor Day is a time to celebrate the contributions workers make to our economy and society, and to be thankful for the sacrifices made by previous generations who won the more hum ...
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Social Security Means Nearly $20 Billion a Year for Virginians
Originally posted by the Public News Service on August 29, 2014by Dan Heyman, Public News Service - VARICHMOND, Va. - At the ripe old age of 79, Social Security is helping Virgini ...
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Virginia Organizing Bettering Lives
Published in the Daily Progress on August 21, 2014As one of Virginia Organizing’s “supported groups,” which were referenced in an Aug. 15 letter to the editor (“Big money flowing ...
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Lack of Medicaid expansion poses a bigger danger to Americans than terrorism
Published in The Washington Post Letters to the Editor, July 25, 2014 Regarding Petula Dvorak’s July 19 Metro column, “Lines of desperation: Once-a-year chance to get medical care ...
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Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking
Published by WJHL News Channel 11 on May 16, 2014 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA (WJHL) - By Allie HInds, Reporter Some Southwest Virginia landowners say discussions detailing the possibil ...
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Landowners voicing concerns on proposed natural gas drilling
Published by Bristol Herald Courier on May 9, 2014 By ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. — Some landowners whose properties lie in the proposed natural ga ...
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What the Doctor Ordered
Crossposted from The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis By Massey Whorley Hundreds of lives across Virginia could be saved if lawmakers close the coverage gap by extending ...
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Forum Supports Expansion Of Program Serving Low-Income Families, Individuals
Published on January 29, 2014 HARRISONBURG — Witnessing a public forum on the debate over expanding Medicaid that doesn’t involve a state lawmaker is a rarity. But for the four pe ...
Read More »Pressure and Passivity on Immigration
Originally published by the Editorial Board of The New York Times on November 26, 2013Click here to view oiginal articlePresident Obama made the case for immigration reform again ...
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Respect, Not Amnesty, Is the Goal
By Kiersten Rosetto Published in the Daily News Record on November 9, 2013 On Oct. 5, a group of around 200 people gathered at Court Square to celebrate The National Day of Digni ...
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