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Sunday, October 11 at 11:00am - Health Care Town Hall
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Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Just a reminder that with the General Assembly gearing up - you can use www.richmondsunlight.com to track bills very easily. And here is a New Year's shout out to blogger Waldo Jaquith for working with the Center over the last three years to keep this site humming.
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The 2010 Virginia General Assembly session will convene on January 13, and is scheduled to run for two months. This will be a budget session, which happens in even-numbered years, which means that the legislature will spend a lot of time dealing with the state’s financial problems. ...
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Regulations continue to tighten on Payday Lenders as a result of your excellent work in 2009. Now that a new year is upon us, lets take on car title lenders with our positive message that 36% is Enough!
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Virginia regulators are plugging a loophole that allows some payday lenders to escape restrictions on loans and interest rates. The order by the State Corporation Commission is another blow to the high-cost, ...
A delightful poem for the holidays from our friends at Families USA. Enjoy...
A small business owner in Northern Virginia speaks out eloquently about how health insurance reform will help him grow his business and create jobs. Yaqub Zargarpur owns Fashion Time, a retail timepiece business with locations all over the DC metro area. A quote from his moving op/ed is below:
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy In case yo missed it, you can make end of year tax-deductible donations to the Center at http://www.learnprayact.org
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Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Health care bill passes the Senate!! Be sure to thank Senators Webb and Warner for their yes votes!
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Given these facts, I can only say that a vote against health reform is a vote to charge all small businesses a "status quo tax" that will kill jobs.
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As a small business owner in Virginia, I’ve experienced first-hand how our broken health care system kills jobs and hurts families. My family and I own a retail business selling watches and clocks. We had around 25 locations all over Virginia and Maryland with approximately 150 employees. The high c...
Virginia’s small businesses are fervently speaking out in favor of health insurance reform. Last Thursday Dec 10th, several Small Business owners from the Richmond area gathered to demand health insurance reform for the sake of their businesses and families. I ...
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Video from our press conference with Attorney-General Mimms about internet safety for children
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy The Center is partnering with state government and other non-profits to educate families about the risks on the Web.
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The Virginia Attorney General’s Office announced a new partnership Tuesday to promote Internet safety to parents and children through churches, synagogues and mosques across Virginia.
The claims against health reform have become wilder than we thought possible. The special interests have spent millions of dollars and have an army of lobbyists scaring the public and spreading myths. We hear many politicians and pundits now claiming that health reform should be scrapped....
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy The Muslim community is finding strong footing to speak to climate change, global warming, and faith. Have a read of this great little blog post!
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by Eric Curren In the Koran, God said that He created nature in a balance or mizam, and that it is mankind's responsibility to maintain this fragile
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Pictures from our Small Business rally & press conference today
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Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy To all our members in the Richmond area, join us today Dec 10th at 1:00PM to support Virginia's small businesses need for health care reform. We'll be gathering at 1111 E. Main street in front of the Bank of America building.
