The Virginia House of Delegates today passed HB10, the Student Loan Borrowers’ Bill of Rights, after student loan borrowers this morning held a press conference in support of the bill. Sponsored by Delegate Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church) and Delegate Marcia Price (D-Newport News), HB10 would add student loan servicers like Navient to the list of […]
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Virginia Needs Non-Discrimination Laws Now
How would you feel if you had to lie every time your co-workers asked you how your weekend was to keep your significant other a secret? What would it be like if you were coming home with your partner but looking over your shoulder the whole time making sure no one sees you? That’s the […]
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Delegate Marcia Price and Voting Rights Advocates Unveil Redistricting Reform Proposal
HB1256 protects communities of color and public input while reforming the map-drawing process to ensure every voter has an equal voice. Delegate Marcia Price was joined this morning by voting rights advocates to discuss HB1256, proposed legislation to create an independent Virginia redistricting commission. An independent commission to handle the 2021 redistricting is critically important […]
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Let’s Raise the Wage in 2020!
Now that we have a progressive majority in Virginia’s General Assembly, we can take on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in Virginia! It’s shameful that tens of thousands of workers in the Commonwealth are paid $7.25 an hour. People can’t raise their families with dignity with those kinds of wages, forcing many […]
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5 Reasons Why the New Lady Leadership is a Game-Changer for Virginia
Unless you were sleeping under a rock the past couple of weeks, you know that we did the damn thing and turned the General Assembly blue! We now have a Democratic majority in the legislature, and with it, more female leadership than ever before. This includes the new Speaker of the House, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, […]
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3 Reasons Rich Anderson Shouldn’t Be A Delegate Again
Rich Anderson was the Delegate for the 51st district for 7 years. Then, Democrat Hala Ayala beat him in 2017 and went to Richmond to stand up for us. But Rich Anderson is like a zombie coming back from the dead because he is running again. When you support bad policies, you don’t get a […]
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Conservatives in Richmond Don’t Want You To Know Who’s Paying For Their Votes
Since the horrifying school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, a lot of people have been talking about how much money the NRA gives and who it gives it to. Predictably, the NRA gives money to the very same conservative politicians who have refused time and again to vote on stricter background checks […]