Politics

At a roundtable in Midlothian, advocates, doctors, and community members warned that contraception rights could be Virginia’s next political battlefield. For Janicka Fernandez, the issue is personal. She spent $486 for three months of birth control—a figure so high she actually understated it at the roundtable. She also told the room that losing access would…

As AI data centers expand in Northern parts of the state, Virginians like Julie Kimmel are speaking out about how the negative effects of air pollution will impact communities like hers. 🎤 Lucas Henkel

Richmond’s local head of the NAACP is fired-up after city elections officials sent 283 voters the wrong ballots for their House of Delegates races, with five already cast and unchangeable. Follow @vadogwoodnews for more.

“$25 to thrive” means that workers need $25 an hour in the current economy where prices are up and Republicans are shredding the social safety net. Listen in as Leslie Mehta, a Democratic candidate in the House of Delegates, explains.

Medicaid cuts are the reason rural Virginia health clinics are closing. That’s it. That’s the caption.

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Richmond-area home care workers make $13 an hour. Or “teenage wages,” as Yolanda Ross, a member of SEIU Virginia 512, called it at a recent town hall.

Who would choose to lose their health coverage?

“The conditions have grown increasingly dire and horrible.”, according to MSNBC reporter Laura Barron-Lopez. Follow @vadogwoodnews for more.