This week, access to safe and legal abortion in Virginia is at stake. Behind-the-scenes maneuvering by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Governor Bob McDonnell is risking the health of Virginia women. This Friday, June 15, the Virginia Board of Health will vote on whether to move forward with the McDonnell administration’s proposed permanent regulations of […]

    Via YouTube: “This June the Supreme Court of the United States will rule on a case to overturn Obamacare. This would take away health care from millions of Americans. Some people joined us in saying, ‘Please, Don’t Deny Us.’ For more information visit www.thanksobamacare.org.“

The following was written and shared with the permission of Tara Louise Casey. It can also be found at RVAmag.com. During the recent debate on the judicial nomination of Tracy Thorne-Begland for appointment to the General District Court bench, social conservative members of the House of Delegates repeatedly claimed that Mr. Thorne-Begland was unfit to […]

In the early hours of the morning, the Virginia House of Delegates, led by far-right activists, refused to confirm the judicial nomination of Tracy Thorne-Begland, simply because he is gay. Here is how each voted:  Nays – 31 Anderson, Bell R.P., Bell R.B., Byron, Cline, Cole, Cosgrove, Cox J.A., Dudenhefer, Edmunds, Fariss, Garrett, Greason, Helsel, […]

  Virginia has the sixth highest student load debt in the country, with the average student carrying $31,700 of debt upon graduation. Considering what students could be spending this money on, this is a very serious issue. Graduates could be jump starting the economy and giving the housing market a boost by using that money […]

ProgressVA today released a new video highlighting the record Gov. McDonnell is hoping Virginians (and Mitt Romney’s VP selection committee) will forget. Virginians are intimately familiar with his support for extreme, out-of-touch social legislation and failure to adequately invest in public education and transportation solutions. As McDonnell attempts to whitewash his record and reclaim his struggling VP […]

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new and exciting data about the impressive savings for Americans because of the Affordable Care Act. According to CMS’ Office of the Actuary, through 2016, the ACA will help the Medicare program save more than $200 billion by implementing anti-fraud measures, changing providers policies to […]

Via MSNBC: “Candy company Mars is the latest corporation to abandon the right-wing agenda group ALEC. Some ALEC-associated lawmakers are feeling the heat. Director of Progress VA Anna Scholl tells Ed Schultz about her confrontation with the Virginia Speaker of the House over his party’s ties to ALEC.”

This morning ProgressVA joined with national advocacy organizations from across the country to urge companies to quit ALEC. In the past week, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Intuit and the Gates Foundation have all renounced their participation in ALEC. Last week, ProgressVA called for Virginia legislators to do the same. In January, ProgressVA released a report detailing […]

  Sen. Dick Lugar (R-McLean, VA) has delivered for Virginia families ProgressVA today wished US Senator Dick Lugar a very happy birthday and thanked him for all his work on behalf of Virginia families. A resident of McLean, VA, Senator Lugar has delivered results for Virginia voters. We at ProgressVA so pleased he has chosen […]