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“I Am Alive For A Reason”
via NPR Saying he is "alive for a reason and I will work for change," Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds has told a Virginia news outlet that his life's work now "is to make sure other families don't have to go through what we are living." Deeds, 55, was stabbed and...
Herring Wins Virginia Attorney General Race
The certified tally was Herring 1,103,777, Obenshain 1,103,612. Attorney General-elect Mark Herring released a statement following the State Board of Elections certifying him as the next Attorney General of Virginia: "I am gratified that the State Board of Elections...
A message from the Health Insurers of America
by Mark Fiore After Obama announced his temporary fix to the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance companies were up in arms about how this would...
Labor Board Sides With Workers: Wal-Mart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer
Wal-Mart’s 1.3 million workers won a big victory Monday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the retail giant had broken the law by firing and harassing employees who spoke out — and in some cases went on strike — to protest the company’s poverty pay...
The Biggest Problem With The Obamacare Rollout
The Biggest Problem With Obamacare’s Rollout Is Being Caused Intentionally by Republicans by Joshua Holland The media have been buzzing with stories — many of them wildly exaggerated — of people facing higher premiums as a result of Obamacare. But there’s a story...
Deeds’ Family Tragedy Highlights Virginia’s Warped Budget Priorities
via Blue Virginia The tragedy involving State Senator Creigh Deeds and his son Gus is horrible enough as it is. But then, we heard the infuriating news that Gus - who apparently had a history of struggling with mental illness - was "evaluated Monday at Bath...
How Twitter changed the Virginia AG election
By Corey Hutchins CHARLESTON, SC — A week and a half after Election Day, the outcome of Virginia’s race for attorney general remains not quite settled—despite a tug-of-war in the headlines that have declared, at various times, Republican Mark Obenshain and Democrat...
Sixth Senate District Democratic Nominating Caucus
RICHMOND -- DPVA Chair Charniele Herring released this statement following the results in today's Sixth Senate District Democratic nominating caucus: "I want to congratulate my colleague Delegate Lynwood Lewis on his victory in today's Sixth Senate District Democratic...
Medicare For All
We won’t go back. Republicans are opening new fronts in the war on healthcare, and rewriting their battle plans for the 2014 elections with a focus on opposition to the president’s reforms. But we won’t go back to letting insurance companies deny coverage to people...
Ethics, Schmethics
Virginians deserve an electoral process that they can have faith in, and, once again, Ken Cuccinelli and his pal Mark Obenshain undermine the integrity of our government.. [googleapps domain="docs" dir="a/localcause.net/file/d/0B2FFEYgvKWZYVTdPRDR4YUhGdFU/preview"...
