Virginia Organizing Releases Statement on Federal Budget Compromise
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2013Petersburg, Va.—In response to the budget deal announced Tuesday, December 10, Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook release ...
Read More »Virginia Main Street Alliance Update #72
The website for health care reform is clearly working better. The White House reports that the site can now handle 50,000 visitors at one time. Plus, the success rate is now ...
Read More »Constituents to Deliver Letters to U.S. Rep. Wittman’s Office in Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
For Immediate Release: December 5, 2013What: Letter Delivery for Immigration Reform When: Friday, December 6 at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 5 p.m. Wh ...
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Virginia Organizing Releases Job Gap Report, Explores Solutions for Living Wage Including Medicaid Expansion
Richmond, Va.—On Wednesday, December 4, Virginia Organizing released a report authored by the Alliance for a Just Society detailing the living wage “job gap” in ...
Read More »BREAKING: U.S. Capitol Police Berate Children Singing at Speaker Boehner’s Office
If you thought the Grinch was the meanest guy around this season, think again. A group of immigration activists that included children went to U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehn ...
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Forums to Help Danville Residents with Health Insurance Marketplace
For Immediate Release: December 4, 2013 What: Forums on Health Care and Health Insurance Marketplace When: Thursday, December 5 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Where: 10 a.m.—American Natio ...
Read More »Update: MIRC Meeting Scheduled for December 17
Great News! After the action alert sent to our supporters this morning, we discovered the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC) hasscheduled a meeting for Tuesday, ...
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MIRC Needs to Schedule a Meeting
The 2014 General Assembly session begins on January 8, 2014 and will last 60 days. This year, like last year, one of the most important issues facing our legislators is ...
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Marroni: Low Prices, High Cost
By Ed Marroni We have been programmed to look for lower prices (and why not) in our society. Our search for low prices sparks the economy because we are inclined to make more purc ...
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Pressure and Passivity on Immigration
Originally published by The New York Times Editorial Board on November 26, 2013Click here to view original articlePresident Obama made the case for immigration reform again o ...
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