We Won! Victory on Fredericksburg CSX Campaign
We won. We don’t get to write those two simple words often enough at Virginia Organizing, but part of working on tough issues means that the struggle can take a while. That ...
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Virginia Groups to McDonnell: “Governor Walker is Not to Be Commended for Suppressing Workers’ Rights”
Virginia Groups Stand in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers and Tell Governor McDonnell: “Governor Walker is Not to Be Commended for Suppressing Workers’ Rights ...
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(MORE) VIDEOS: Student leaders learn citizen lobbying at the General Assembly
This year's General Assembly session has been filled with 45 days of Virginia Organizing leaders filing through the halls in small groups, hoping for the chance to see their l ...
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VIDEOS: Student leaders learn citizen lobbying at the General Assembly
This year's General Assembly session has been filled with 45 days of Virginia Organizing leaders filing through the halls in small groups, hoping for the chance to see their l ...
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House Vote on Car Title Lending: Money Wins Out Over Common Sense
Yesterday the House voted in favor of SB 1367 which would allow out of state drivers to take out a title loan in Virginia. The bill expands predatory lending and rolls back much o ...
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Are Predatory Lenders Trying to Change Virginia’s Tourism Slogan?
We are wondering how the tourism bureau will market Virginia's newest potential distinction: the predatory lending capital of the eastern U.S?The Virginia Poverty Law Center h ...
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Your Work Means Victory! Anti-Immigrant Legislation Fails In Senate Sub Committee
We are celebrating a big victory today at the General Assembly! State legislators rejected almost all of the anti-immigrant laws proposed in the State Senate Courts of Justice imm ...
Read More »Virginia is for Predatory Lending
Today, the House Commerce and Labor Committee voted to report SB 1367---the Bill to allow Virginia to export usury. The bill would allow car title companies to give loans to ...
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Bankruptcy & Foreclosures in Virginia
This post was originally published on Take Me Home Virginia blog and is by Connellee Armentrout. Connellee is originally from Roanoke and is a second year law student at the ...
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Because Hallmark doesn’t make Valentines on predatory lending.
Predatory lending stinks! For years we have fought against predatory lending during the General Assembly and this year is no exception. On Valentine's day, we visited al ...
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