Many of you have already helped stand up for women’s health in Virginia by signing the petition to help save Virginia’s women’s health centers. These centers provide vital health care services like STD screenings, cancer screenings and family planning services, in addition to providing legal and safe abortions. Lending your voice is incredibly important to […]

Photo via the Washington Post In the classic baseball poem Casey at the Bat, the main character blows the game in the bottom of the ninth inning for his hometown due to his overconfidence in his own abilities.  Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is also striking out for his home team – the people of […]

Wednesday evening, over 200 folks showed up at the Holiday Inn in Midlothian, hoping to speak with Eric Cantor about our country’s job crisis at his closed “Advisory Council” campaign event. Instead, hotel management evicted the group from the premises and called the Chesterfield Police Department to ensure none of the group returned to the […]

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Today is Primary Day in Virginia. Put your address into the map below, and you can find a list of candidates at the Virginia State Board of Elections website here.

ProgressVA today responded to Governor McDonnell’s announcement of a larger than anticipated end of year surplus, reminding Virginians that accounting gimmicks and conservative revenue projections won’t solve the state’s true fiscal problems. “This ‘surplus’ is the result heavy borrowing, substantial cuts to services, federal stimulus, creative accounting, and not paying our bills,” said Anna Scholl, […]

Women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health care is under attack in Virginia. Anti-choice politicians are working to impose medically unnecessary and burdensome regulations on women’s health care centers to restrict access to safe and legal abortions. These regulations, which single out abortion providers among outpatient clinics, could also have the effect of eliminating access to […]

Virginia’s Speaker of the House, Bill Howell, wasn’t too happy about an August 5th Roanoke Times editorial titled, “Who Writes Virginia’s Laws,” exposing how ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, writes laws and influences legislators across the country, including here in VA. Howell is a former national chairman this business-backed group that allows corporations to sponsor their […]

The Communicaton Workers of America have gone on strike against Verizon to save bargaining rights and middle-class jobs for over 45,000 families – many of whom are right here in Virginia.  Despite the recession and how hard these union families are hurting, Verizon is trying to force $20,000 in pay and benefits cuts per worker–while the […]