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Cuccinelli’s Backward Vision
Thursday marked one year since the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit went into effect, ensuring that all women have access to affordable birth control, regardless of their employer. Birth control is basic preventive care. An estimated 99 percent of women...
Get Involved March & Rally
The Culpeper NAACP invites All PEOPLE to the "Get Involved March & Rally" to educate and activate. We will be marching from the Antioch Baptist Church (202S. West St.) to the Culpeper Government Bld (302 N. Main St), where speeches will be given by civil,...
Virginia is for Lovers. Some Restrictions Apply.
E.W. Jackson—You can’t be a Democrat and a Christian at the same time
Five days after he was scheduled to appear at the Madison County Republicans annual BBQ, Lt. Governor candidate E.W. Jackson had this to say to WLEE host Jack Gravely.. “I believe that the Democrat Party has become an anti-God party, I think it’s an anti-life party, I...
MCDC—Special Meeting Saturday, August 10th, 2013
"Thomas Jefferson wrote, 'Come forward then and give us the aid of your talents and the weight of your character towards the new establishment of [democracy].' The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia is proud to work in this...
America’s Dangerous Pipelines
A new analysis by Richard Stover, Ph.D., and the Center for Biological Diversity of oil and gas pipeline safety in the United States reveals a troubling history of spills, contamination, injuries and deaths....
Cuccinelli Versus Southwest Virginia Landowners?
"There’s a new controversy brewing - one that could mean trouble for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. It involves a lawsuit on behalf of landowners in Southwestern Virginia. They claim two energy companies failed to pay them royalties on methane gas wells. One of...
President Obama Is Talking About Rejecting Keystone XL
To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current levels of nearly 400 parts per million to below 350 ppm. But 350 is more than a number—it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.....
The Guardian of Gridlock
Mitch McConnell staged 420 filibusters since he became Minority Leader in 2007. It’s the highest rate of obstruction in history – but a badge of honor for McConnell, who once declared himself the “proud guardian of gridlock.” After nearly three decades in Washington,...
Tim Kaine on Safe Communities, Safe Schools
July 30, 2013 Ms. Janis Richter ███ ████ ████ ██ Rochelle, VA 22738 Dear Ms. Richter: Thank you for contacting me about efforts to create safer schools. I appreciate hearing from you. In April 2013, the Senate deliberated the Safe Communities,...