by MCDC | Jul 25, 2013 | Action Alerts, Coal, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Video, Virginia
Today, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from establishing safeguards for disposal of toxic coal ash. Read more about the bill on our Front Porch Blog. Any day we expect a similar bill...
by MCDC | Jul 23, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Richmond, VA—Today the President of the Virginia Education Association, Meg Gruber, and state Senator Mamie Locke held a press call to discuss E.W. Jackson’s proposed constitutional mandate to spend equal state resources on homeschoolers and public school children....
by MCDC | Jul 23, 2013 | Action Alerts, Energy, Environment, Virginia
Learn about the risks associated with uranium mining in a humid climate like exists in Virginia and find out how you can help prevent the mining moratorium from being lifted.
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2013 | Ethics, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Tomorrow is the first debate in the Virginia governor’s race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli. The New York Times just published an alarming story about Cuccinelli’s deep involvement in the Star Scientific campaign finance scandal, but...
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2013 | Farm Bill, Issues, Madison County, Opinion, Virginia
A letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle newspaper Last November many candidates said they wanted to get elected so that they could do something about jobs. Robert Hurt was one of these candidates. Representative Hurt has continued to say he cares about creating...
by MCDC | Jul 19, 2013 | Civil Rights, Issues, News, Racism
Transcript of Remarks by the President on Trayvon Martin (.PDF) “The African-American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws,” Obama said, “everything from the death penalty to enforcement...
