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Absentee voters can cast votes in person this Saturday and next
Virginia voter registrar offices will open their doors the two Saturdays before the Nov. 5 general election, offering absentee voters another chance to vote in-person. Offices will open for eight hours on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. The last day to vote absentee in-person at...
Virginia’s Longest-serving Republican Endorses McAuliffe for Governor
Virginia’s longest-serving Republican, former member of the House of Delegates Vince Callahan, discusses why he is supporting Terry McAuliffe for governor. In the ad, Callahan underscores McAuliffe’s commitment to focusing on jobs, while he says he “cannot support Ken...
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Billionaire Koch Brothers Spending Millions To Deny Health Coverage To Low-Income Americans
By Igor Volsky Conservative advocates funded by the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch have launched a massive campaign pressuring states to deny health care coverage to lower income Americans through the Medicaid expansion contained in the...
Residents Sue Over 2011 House Redistricting
By Ray Reed and Alicia Petska Two Lynchburg voters filed a lawsuit this week challenging the 2011 redistricting of the House of Delegates and accusing state officials of engaging in racial...
Join us for an event in support of Mark Herring for Attorney General
Join us for an event in support of Mark Herring for Attorney General with special guest Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Register https://secure.actblue.com/page/DWSEvent10.22.13 Information amber@herringforag.com...
GOPosaur Down
The first federal government shutdown in 17 years, triggered by a Republican demand to defund the Affordable Care Act on Oct. 1, cost the U.S. $24 billion in potential economic activity -- equalling at least 0.6% of projected annualized fourth-quarter 2013 GDP growth,...
Religious Leaders and Workers Sing and Pray For Moderate Republicans
A tip-of-the-hat to Jean K. for recommending this story to us Like most Americans, Sister Simone Campbell is feeling desperate about the current stand-off and shut down of the government. So Sister Simone along with an interfaith group of religious leaders decided to...
Eric Cantor Blamed By Virginia Colleagues For Prolonging Government Shutdown
by Jennifer Bendery WASHINGTON -- Two Virginia congressmen fumed Tuesday about the damage being done to their state by the ongoing government shutdown and laid the blame squarely on a fellow Virginian, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R), for preventing lawmakers...
