Earth Day and Virginia Organizing
I'm writing to invite you to join me at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville on Friday, April 22, for a special event in support of Virginia Organizing. This group has inspire ...
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Exposé Shows Dominion’s Influence Clouds Top Levels of Coal Ash Decision-Making in Virginia
Written by Kelly Trout and published on CCAN's blog. RICHMOND—A major DC media outlet published an exposé this afternoon detailing how the money and political influence of Dominio ...
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Fight for Workers’ Rights
Do you remember how many times we fought so hard to get workers a living wage? Today, we need your help to stop some bad legislation that would prohibit a locality from enacting a ...
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Aspire! Award recipient ‘Asks Big Questions’ and makes big impact on campus
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 7, 2016 – Nicole Selz has a maxim. She worked on it for over a year, honing the words to convey the meaning she so strongly believes in. It is a deceptively ...
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McAuliffe vetoes bill to require legislature’s OK of Virginia Clean Power Plan
Originally posted in the Bay Journal. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation that would have required General Assembly approval of any state plan to comply with the ...
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Care for Our Earth: National Parks
Most, if not all of us, have experienced the wonderful joy and peace which accompanies a stroll through our National or State Parks. It's a pleasure that is hard to surpass. On Au ...
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Virginia Organizing wanted to be sure to remind you that Tuesday, March 1 is the presidential primary in Virginia! Every registered voter may participate in this primary. If you w ...
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Analysis: Medicaid Not Straining Federal Budget
RICHMOND, Va. - Critics of expanding Virginia's Medicaid charge the health program for the poor is unsustainably expensive. A new analysis suggests it's not. Although the federal ...
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Interested in Environmental Issues?
Virginia Organizing is excited to share some wonderful resources for those interested in environmental health and climate change issues. Environmental Health Sciences publishes tw ...
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State of the States Report 2015
Published by the Center for American Progress. See also: Interactive: Restoring Shared Prosperity (TalkPoverty.org) State-by-state fact sheets In 2014, more than one in seven Ame ...
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