The Board of County Supervisors voted to establish voter satellite office locations during their meeting on May 14 to expand access to early voting. This action will increase the number of voting locations for better voter access and balance, use the same voting locations for consistency, adjust the start dates of satellite location openings and […]
by Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury Eligible incarcerated people in Virginia will be able to further reduce their sentences through an earned sentence credit program beginning this July. While expansions to the program stemmed from a 2020 law, it had a delayed start date in 2022 that was later blocked by Gov. Glenn Youngkin through […]
Protect Our Care sponsored the following message Attacks on women’s health care from MAGA Republicans have skyrocketed in the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned. As a result, access to reproductive care is in turmoil for millions of women across the country. From banning abortion to fighting measures to combat maternal mortality, Republicans have done nothing […]
by Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury After signing a new state spending plan on Monday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin must appoint a director for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by July 1 or risk losing money for the office, whose title he renamed by replacing “equity” with “opportunity,” a move which Democrats criticized as […]
Meet Frances Latimer, Founder and CEO of Open Door Billing LLC, an MBE-certified, Black-owned company that aims to address the systemic credentialing disparities that disproportionately affect minority mental health providers, creating significant barriers in care for African American and Latino communities. Frances, who brings her journey of overcoming a severe injury to champion equal access to […]
by Nathaniel Cline, Virginia Mercury The Virginia House of Delegates has formed a select committee on maintaining campus safety and allowing students to exercise their First Amendment rights, after more than 125 arrests at four of Virginia’s college campuses. According to Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, the Senate will announce its plans to form a similar […]
Sponsored by the Commonwealth Institute Ashley C. Kenneth, President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI), released the following statement regarding the proposed budget compromise lawmakers will consider today: “TCI is glad to see that budget negotiators maintained nearly all investments from the budget approved by the General Assembly this past March. […]
by Virginia Women’s Family Support Center This Mother’s Day, we invite you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of mothers and their children once experiencing homelessness at Virginia Women and Family Support Center. Did you know that this Mother’s Day, 47,520 pregnant mothers and their children are homeless? It’s a staggering number that […]
Meet Quera Lee, the Founder and CEO of Opulent Life Academy, a Black-owned entrepreneurial education platform that has a new program aimed at guiding individuals with no prior experience to build thriving staffing agencies from the ground up. Based in the Atlanta area, Quera is a seasoned industry expert who has achieved remarkable success. Her program […]
Seniors Will Save Thousands on Their Drug Costs Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act WASHINGTON — Protect Our Care is releasing a calculator to help seniors estimate how much money they may save on their prescription drugs thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. The calculator accounts for the law’s reforms that cap out-of-pocket drug costs, cap monthly insulin costs […]
