Coming to America: Stories of Immigration from Richmond’s Jewish Community
Published on Feb 17, 2014Clips from a panel discussion at the Weinstein JCC in Richmond, Virginia on Sunday, February 16, 2014.We celebrated Richmond's Jewish community ...
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Consider Medicaid’s Mental Health Role
Published February 15, 2014I have been following with great interest the public debate in this session of the General Assembly and throughout Virginia regarding the choice to expa ...
Read More »Federal judge strikes down Va. ban on gay marriage
Pubished on February 13, 2014By Robert BarnesA federal judge in Norfolk struck down as unconstitutional Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage Thursday night, saying the c ...
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Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
Published February 13, 2014 by The Commonwealth InstituteHere’s a head scratcher for you: as your income rises, the share of your income that goes toward paying state and lo ...
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Nearly 30K sign up for health insurance in January
Va., U.S. health care sign-ups acceleratingBY MICHAEL MARTZ, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Thursday, February 13, 2014Almost 30,000 Virginians enrolled in health insurance plans t ...
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VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS UPDATE #75 February 12, 2014
As many of you know, there is a new proposal for Medicaid expansion in Virginia. Last Thursday Medicaid expansion supporters in the state Senate announced a formal proposal ...
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Virginia’s Brave New World
Published February 10, 2014Apparently, we’re about to enter a brave new world here in Virginia. House Speaker Howell and Majority Leader Cox say they are hesitant to accept ...
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Care for Our Earth
This article is a condensed version of the recent Chesapeake Bay Foundation Report on polluted runoff. What a surprise and shock to learn that one inch of rainfall on an acre of i ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing And Promotores De Salud Will Hold Spanish Community Forum On Heath Care Issue
WHAT: Spanish Community Forum on the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Marketplace WHEN: Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 5 p.m.WHERE: The Lucy Simms Center (aud ...
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Small Improvement to Earned Income Credit Brings Broad Economic Benefits
Published February 6, 2014Earned Income Credit Improvement Brings Broad Economic BenefitsLow-wage workers in Virginia have endured more than a decade of stagnant and declining wag ...
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