Tax Fairness on Tax Day!
Yesterday, Virginia Organizing leaders in Richmond, Charlottesville and Hampton Roads participated in actions to promote tax fairness on Tax Day. In Charlottesville, we held ...
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Hundreds Attend Reform Rally
By ALEX ROHR Daily News-Record HARRISONBURG — A scattered, motley force of hundreds of people surrounded the south steps of Rockingham County Circuit Courthouse Wednesday evening ...
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Immigration reform proposal of keen interest in Va.
BY MARKUS SCHMIDTRichmond Times-Dispatchhttp://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/immigration-reform-proposal-of-keen-interest-in-va/article_a7222 ...
Read More »Legislative Update
This year, the Virginia General Assembly session was full of twists and turns! I wanted to update you on the latest news after the reconvened session on April 3. Below are s ...
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Ehrenthal: My Experience Navigating the Health Care System
By Ken Ehrenthal Recently, my wife gave me a card. It looked like a credit card. She told me that it was a card that I should use whenever I had to pay a doctor or purchase some p ...
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AP’s Dropping of ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Could Have Wide Ramifications for Media
By Jack Mirkinsonhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/ap-illegal-immigrant-media_n_3001229.htmlThe decision by the Associated Press to drop the term "illegal immigra ...
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Medicaid Expansion Update
Earlier this week, Governor Bob McDonnell released his amendments to the biennium budget, which added minimum conditions that must be met for the Medicaid Innovation and Ref ...
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Third Anniversary of Affordable Care Act Showcases Competing Visions of America
March 23, 2013From one of Virginia Organizing's national partners, Health Care for America Now (HCAN):Today marks the third anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, a landmark ...
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Key Senate chairman worries immigration overhaul pace too slow
By Rosalind S. Helderman http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/20/key-senate-chairman-worries-immigration-overhaul-pace-too-slow/The chairman of the Se ...
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A Letter to Senator Warner on Budget Negotiations
March 20, 2013Dear Senator Warner,We are writing to strongly support the plan to raise $975 billion in new taxes over the next 10 years that is contained in the Senate Budget Reso ...
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