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Washington County supervisors to look at natural gas ordinance

Washington County supervisors to look at natural gas ordinance

Posted: Saturday, June 28, 2014 11:22 pm | Updated: 11:25 pm, Sat Jun 28, 2014. ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — An ordinance governing drilling for ...

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Group sends a Medicaid message

Group sends a Medicaid message

 BY PAMELA GOULD / THE FREE LANCE-STARJune 30, 2014Former Fredericksburg Mayor Lawrence Davies carried a poster-board sign as he joined about 80 people Sunday morning in a si ...

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Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid

Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid

June 29th, 2014, 12:47 pmFredericksburg.comAbout 80 people showed up in Fredericksburg this morning to march across the Falmouth Bridge to House Speaker Bill Howell’s office ...

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Guest Commentary: Let’s Lead on Paid Leave

Guest Commentary: Let’s Lead on Paid Leave

Published by the Times of Northwest Indiana on June 27, 2014by Thomas PerezForty years ago this weekend, my father died of a heart attack at age 52. I was 12, so as time goes by I ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Rep. Goodlatte’s Committee Hearing

Virginia Organizing Responds to Rep. Goodlatte’s Committee Hearing

Roanoke, Va.—On behalf of Virginia Organizing, Janice “Jay” Johnson responded to U.S. Representative and House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte’s committ ...

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Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions

Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions

Posted on Governor McAuliffe's website on June 20, 2014.Good Morning.Over the past six days, my finance team and I have carefully reviewed the Biennial Budget that was transmi ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!

BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!

Today, we have terrific news to share!We are very excited with Governor Terry McAuliffe’s decision to line-item veto the obstacles in the budget that legislators put in his ...

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Medicaid Expansion “Good” for Va. Budget, Healthcare System

Medicaid Expansion “Good” for Va. Budget, Healthcare System

Published by the Public News Service on June 20, 2014by Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - As the fight over Medicaid expansion continues, budget numbers from around the nation sugges ...

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Criminal box to be dropped on city job application

Criminal box to be dropped on city job application

Published by The Danville Register and Bee on Wednesday June 18, 2014. By Denice Thibodea Danville City Council chambers erupted into applause near the end of its Tuesda ...

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Virginia Organizing Condemns General Assembly’s Budget That Denies Health Care Coverage to 400,000 Virginians

Virginia Organizing Condemns General Assembly’s Budget That Denies Health Care Coverage to 400,000 Virginians

Petersburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook released the following statement after the General Assembly passed a budget that actively denies Medicaid expa ...

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