Governor proposes ‘radical’ shift in transportation funding
By Michael SlussJanuary 9, 2012http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/318794RICHMOND -- Virginia's gasoline tax would be eliminated and its retail sales tax would increase from 5 ...
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Marroni: The Real Benefits of Organic Food
January 8, 2012What was your reaction to the recent political campaigns where the candidates were free to make statements about their opponent that were false? So, we must not be ...
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Study: Va. would pay more if Medicaid not expanded
January 5, 2013By Michael Martzhttp://www.timesdispatch.com/news/study-va-would-pay-more-if-medicaid-not-expanded/article_d7d716b0-8888-589e-9e09-66a9a40655df.htmlA new economic s ...
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Reflections on Wal-Mart
By Marquita HillPublished December 2, 2012 by the Roanoke Times at http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/letters/wb/318495For two quarters, they'd get a raiseOn “Black ...
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Andrea Jackson: Operation Social Security
December 27, 2012By LaToya BrackettWatch Andrea tell her story by clicking here.Andrea Jackson joined the United States Army when she was 21 years old. She was deployed for Operat ...
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A Report from Virginia’s Internal Medicine Physician Specialists: How Will the Medicaid Expansion Benefit Virginia?
The following is a report from the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Physicians on why Medicaid expansion is vital to Virginia residents. The full report with references ...
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Don’t Cut Social Security to Pay for Pentagon Waste!
December 20, 2012Social Security benefit cuts are part of the emerging fiscal showdown deal. But the deal includes only $100 billion in cuts to the bloated Pentagon budget!We ...
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We Can’t Afford to NOT Expand Medicaid!
This week, one of the Nuns on the Bus, Sister Mary Ellen Lacy, came to Fredericksburg and Richmond to discuss the importance of Medicaid expansion in Virginia. This is timely ...
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It’s time for Big Pharma to pay more
December 14, 2012The Roanoke Times: http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/317917By Sandra A. CookCook is the chairperson of Virginia Organizing, a non-partisan statewide ...
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The Dirty Coal Industry
December 14, 2012Did you know the coal industry and coal-related activities cost Virginia $22 million more than was paid by those businesses in taxes, fees and other revenue in fi ...
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