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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Virginia is Better for Working Families thanks to Governor Northam’s Signature
Paid Parental Leave EO a Win for Public Servants, Families Around the Commonwealth On June 26th, Governor Ralph Northam announced he signed two important executive orders: one is designed to ensure certain state employees who are welcoming children into their homes have access to paid time off, and the other creates a new commission to study childcare […]
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Progress Virginia Launches Campaign to Defend Family Planning
Title X Funding Under Attack from Republicans in DC, Congressman Dave Brat As leaders in the Commonwealth moved forward to expand health care access to hundreds of thousands of Virginians through Medicaid expansion, conservatives in Washington like Congressman Dave Brat (VA-7) are still trying to take away basic health care services from Virginia residents. After multiple failed […]
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Virginia Expands Medicaid!
400,000 Working or Disabled Virginians Are Now Eligible for Insurance and Access to Life-Saving Care Through Medicaid Expansion On May 30th, after years of debate, the Virginia Senate voted to expand Medicaid and pass an annual budget. “Medicaid expansion is a good deal for Virginians and for the Commonwealth,” said Progress Virginia’s executive director Anna Scholl. “It […]
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Progress Virginia Applauds Northam Veto Of Fake Redistricting Bill
Legislation Failed to Reign in Gerrymandering Abuses Invalidated by Federal Court Today we applaud Governor Ralph Northam’s veto of HB1598 and SB106! The bills, sponsored by Delegate Chris Jones and Senator David Sutterlein, purported to reform Virginia’s redistricting while failing to make any substantive changes to curtail politicians’ ability to rig elections. “Voters should choose […]
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Progress Virginia Strongly Condemns Trump-Pence Administration Restrictions on Health Care, Birth Control
Trump-Pence domestic gag rule is awful and will deny Virginia women basic information about — and access to — reproductive health care services Not content with skyrocketing premiums that resulted from intentional policy sabotage, the Trump-Pence administration announced today that they will target women’s basic rights and undermine sound medical advice by issuing a so-called Domestic […]
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Progress Virginia Celebrates 1st Anniversary of Birth Control Mandate in Virginia
Some in Congress – Including Rep. Dave Brat and Rep. Scott Taylor – Could Undo Hard-Won Victory, Cost Virginia Women April 26th marks the first anniversary of Governor Terry McAuliffe signing HB2267, a Virginia law that mandated health insurers to provide a year’s worth of birth control at once — saving time and hassle, especially for working women […]
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Los Conservadores de la Casa de Delegados Fallan en su Intento de Anular Veto del Gobernador de HB1257
Los legisladores estatales deberían enfocarse en la expansión de Medicaid, no criminalizando a los inmigrantes y refugiados Richmond, VA— Hoy, los legisladores republicanos de la Cámara de Delegados no pudieron anular el veto del gobernador Ralph Northam de HB 1257, legislación odiosa que criminaliza a las comunidades de inmigrantes y refugiados de Virginia. La Coalición […]
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House Conservatives Fail To Override Northam’s Veto Of HB1257
State Lawmakers Should Focus on Medicaid Expansion, Not Criminalizing Immigrants and Refugees Richmond, VA — Today, House Republican lawmakers failed to override Governor Ralph Northam’s veto of HB 1257, hateful legislation that criminalizes Virginia’s immigrant and refugee communities. The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR) finds it shameful that conservative members of the House of […]
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Student Borrowers and Advocates Protest Navient and Trump Tax Scam
Borrowers and advocates protested student loan company expected to gain $204 million from Trump tax bill This Tax Day, student loan borrowers, advocates from Progress Virginia and Generation Progress, and Virginia Delegate Marcus Simon (D-53), protested outside of Navient’s offices in Reston, VA, to speak against the student loan company’s $204 million windfall from Trump’s […]