Bill Would ‘Ban the Box’ on Job Applications
By Ali Mislowsky Capital News Service RICHMOND – A Senate committee on Monday narrowly approved a bill that would prohibit state agencies from asking job applicants if they have a ...
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Health Secretary Urges Medicaid Expansion
By Margo Maier Capital News Service RICHMOND – Virginia’s secretary of health and human services, William A. Hazel, wants legislators to put aside their political differences and ...
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Mural project moving forward in Spotsylvania
By Jeff Branscome, Published by The Free Lance-Star Spotsylvania County has received just one $100 donation for a project that will add prominent people of color to a mural depict ...
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Celebrating 20 years, group advocates community engagement
Originally posted by the Danville Register and Bee on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Danville resident Johnny Mayo always liked to talk politics. He said he would often head over to f ...
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Huge Virginia solar farm scuttled because Virginia utilities aren’t interested
Originally posted by Blue Virginia on Friday, January 9, 2015. A solar array that would have more than doubled Virginia's solar power will not be built after all, with the develop ...
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New Coalition Pushes for Better Transparency Laws
By Ali Mislowsky, Capital News Service (Published on WYDaily.com) RICHMOND – Del. Dickie Bell faces a quandary every Monday. As a member of the House Education committee, he has a ...
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Senator Mark Warner Commemorates Virginia Organizing’s 20th Anniversary
The following was published in the January 12, 2015 issue of the Congressional Record: COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIRGINIA ORGANIZINGMr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish t ...
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Good News for Civil Rights!
We are excited to report that Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring issued an advisory opinion opposing the enforcement of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds in Virg ...
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My Restoration of Civil Rights Story
On December 18, I went to Richmond with Virginia Organizing to attend Governor Terry McAuliffe’s media conference on restoration of civil rights. This is an important issue for me ...
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The Top 10 of 2014
Virginia Organizing celebrated a lot of big moments this year! Check out our top ten social justice successes in Virginia below. Please click here to make a donation to help us co ...
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