Washington, D.C.—President Trump’s Acting Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, made the racist claim yesterday that the poem Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants to America was only referring to “people coming from Europe.” “We here in Virginia have known for years that Ken Cuccinelli is a racist extremist, but now the entire […]
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Cox’s answer to gun violence prevention? Mass incarceration
Richmond, VA—Speaker Kirk Cox will do anything to avoid taking on the NRA’s lobbyists and tackling the crisis of gun violence in our communities. He will bottle up background check proposals in subcommittee. He’ll appoint a commission to examine school shootings but prohibit them from talking about gun violence. And now he’s proposing to again […]
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Progress Virginia Statement On Call For Special Session On Gun Violence
Richmond, VA—Progress Virginia, the commonwealth’s leading voice for progressive values, today responded to the call for a special session of the General Assembly to address gun violence prevention in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting in Virginia Beach. Progress Virginia issued the following statement from executive director Anna Scholl: “Year after year, we have watched […]
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House GOP Misleads Virginians On Student Debt and Higher Ed
Student debt & college tuition have skyrocketed under House GOP’s watch Richmond, VA—Blocking protections for student loan borrowers. Deriding popular proposals to allow student loan borrowers to refinance their loans just like you can a mortgage. Systematically underfunding higher education. Skyrocketing college tuition. Somehow those low points failed to make in into a House GOP […]
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New Trump Immigration Czar Compared Immigrants to Rats
Washington, DC—Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, widely reported as Donald Trump’s pick as immigration czar, compared immigrants to rats in 2012 and appeared to endorse family separation policies. Speaking on a D.C. radio program, Cuccinelli said “It is worse than our immigration policy. You can’t break up rat families…and you can’t even kill ‘em.” “It is […]
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Federal Court Issues Landmark Abortion Rights Victory in Virginia
Advanced practice clinicians will now be able to provide first-trimester abortion care in Virginia Regarding today’s court ruling, Progress Virginia executive director Anna Scholl issued the following statement: “Today’s decision is a huge victory for people in Virginia who deserve to be able to make their own decisions about whether and when to start a […]
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Virginia Progressive Community Reiterates Call For Northam To Immediately Resign
Richmond, VA–Virginia’s progressive community today reiterated our call for Governor Northam to resign his office immediately. The organizations listed below released the following joint statement: “We heard what the Governor said today and we are not only unmoved but even more disgusted in his actions and changing stories. We reaffirm our demand that he must […]
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Virginia Progressive Community Calls on Governor Ralph Northam to Resign
Richmond, VA–Following revelations of a racist photo featuring Governor Ralph Northam in his medical school yearbook today, the leadership of Virginia’s progressive community is calling on the Governor to resign his office. The following organizations have released a joint call for the Governor to step down: CASA in Action, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, New Virginia Majority, […]
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Progress Virginia Calls On Leaders To Be Transparent On Amazon Incentives
Will Amazon pay its fair share or will our families be stuck with the tab? Richmond, VA – As rumors swirl that Amazon will be announcing Arlington’s Crystal City as one half of its new North American headquarters, community advocates are speaking up to demand elected officials fully disclose the terms of the incentive package […]
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GOP Court Filing Reveals Priorities: Saving Their Hides
Redistricting should prioritize voters’ voices, not reelection Richmond, VA—In a court filing yesterday, House Speaker Kirk Cox laid bare his true motivations when it comes to drawing political district boundaries: electing and reelecting Republicans. A federal court ruling in Bethune Hill v. Virginia found politicians had purposefully diluted the voting power of Black Virginians by […]