Videos
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Richmond voters received incorrect voting ballots
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.
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Sen. Warner blasts RFK Jr. during heated Senate hearing
RFK Jr., our Health and Human Services secretary, refused to acknowledge the scale of American deaths due to COVID-19 or the impacts of the vaccine. Sen. Mark Warner was having none of it. Follow for more @vadogwoodnews.
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Elder scams cost Virginians $106M Spanberger calls for action
New FBI data shows Virginia ranked 11th in the nation for elder fraud last year, with seniors losing more than $106 million to scams—many of which began with fake tech support calls, romance schemes, or impersonation scams online. As these fraud tactics grow more sophisticated, families are often left picking up the pieces. Democratic gubernatorial…
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‘Families like mine are at risk’: Leslie Mehta on IVF access
Leslie Mehta, who’s running for a seat in the House of Delegates (D-73), says she’s concerned about Virginia families being able to access the reproductive care they need, particularly IVF, which can be costly. The topic hits close to home for Mehta: During a recent roundtable discussion on contraception, she shared her personal experience with…
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Voices of Virginia: Dogwood’s first IRL event
On Tuesday evening, Dogwood hosted their first IRL event, Voices of Virginia. Speakers included, @raepickett (@ppava), @candimundonking, @maureencoffeyva, and @carlyinthedmv and more. The event was also accompanied by partner orgs @network_nova and @4publiced.
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Virginia Dem says people deserve a living wage
“$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.
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Trump cuts are closing rural clinics in Virginia. Guess who the right is blaming?
Medicaid cuts are the reason rural Virginia health clinics are closing. That’s it. That’s the caption.
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Is the future getting bleaker for American workers?
Wondering how a worsening jobs market could impact Virginia’s elections this fall? Subscribe to Virginia Capital, Dogwood’s economic policy newsletter where workers come first.
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VA home care worker: ‘We need $25 to thrive!’
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.
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Winsome Earle-Sears says Virginians won’t lose health care unless “they choose”
Who would choose to lose their health coverage?
