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10 Ways in 10 Days: Precious Metals vs. Healthy Kids

10 Ways in 10 Days: Precious Metals vs. Healthy Kids

More than 1,350 of Virginia's most vulnerable children and their families could lose access to health care and social services as a result of cuts to CHIP of Virginia (Compreh ...

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10 Ways in 10 Days: Preserving Loopholes, Cutting Virginia’s Teachers

10 Ways in 10 Days: Preserving Loopholes, Cutting Virginia’s Teachers

The Hanover County School Board has had to eliminate more than 88 full time jobs in Hanover County Schools because ongoing state cuts to education funding require localities to pi ...

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Downie: The President’s Plan to Help Virginia’s Homeowners

Downie: The President’s Plan to Help Virginia’s Homeowners

 What a long road for homeowners. So many have suffered and lost their homes. I personally have watched two of my children fight to keep their homes. Both are upside down in ...

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The Predators’ Creditors: How the Biggest Banks are Bankrolling the Payday Loan Industry

The Predators’ Creditors: How the Biggest Banks are Bankrolling the Payday Loan Industry

  On Saturday, February 25 at 11:00 am, Virginia Organizing supporters and community members will be meeting at the Bank of America at the Barracks Road shopping center ...

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Predatory Lending Protest at Bank of America: Saturday, February 25 @ 11:00a.m.

Predatory Lending Protest at Bank of America: Saturday, February 25 @ 11:00a.m.

Virginia Organizing Protests Bank of America for Funding Predatory Lenders   CHARLOTTESVILLE- On Saturday, February 25 at 11:00 am, Virginia Organizingsupporters and communit ...

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Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!

Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!

While the Virginia General Assembly utterly failed to take action on predatory lending this session, the City of Chesapeake sought more transparency and public input on the predat ...

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Protecting the Vote in Virginia Forum: 2/21 @6:30pm

Protecting the Vote in Virginia Forum: 2/21 @6:30pm

This afternoon in Martinsville dozens of Virginia Organizing supporters protested against the voter suppression bills in the Virginia General Assembly.Tonight the Virginia Legisla ...

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What is Del. Marshall thinking?

What is Del. Marshall thinking?

The following letter to the editor was published in the Danville Register and Bee and was writen by Viriginia Organizing leader Maxine Jackson: What is Del. Marshall thinking? By: ...

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Is the Virginia General Assembly Trying to Repeal the 20th Century?

Is the Virginia General Assembly Trying to Repeal the 20th Century?

The 2012 Virginia General Assembly seems intent on taking Virginia backwards. Yesterday, Senator Dick Saslaw of Fairfax summed it up perfectly: “It seems to me there are peo ...

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VA Group: No Love for the Legislature

VA Group: No Love for the Legislature

It's Valentine's Day, but one group isn't feeling the love from the General Assembly – and to signify that, is delivering empty broken-heart boxes to legislators ...

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