For Women, For Virginia
Posted in NoVA on Feb 27th, 2010
Seventh Week of Session Edition
Feb. 26, 2010
In This Issue
Cutting the Arts Hurts Our Economy
Welcome to Delegate Herring’s Newsletter
Thank you for taking the time to read my newsletter. I hope you find the information in here valuable. As always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2010
Friends,
Eileen Filler-Corn has just been endorsed by the Washington Post!
In their endorsement, the Post recognized what you already know: that Eileen Filler-Corn is our best choice for delegate!
Click here to read the whole Washington Post Endorsement
We need your help to get the word out about this endorsement among the many others Eileen has [...]
Posted in Statewide on Feb 24th, 2010
I am thrilled to share with you Poised to Run, the most comprehensive study ever conducted on state legislators’ routes to office. The Barbara Lee Family Foundation is proud to have made a leadership grant to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers (CAWP) to help make this research possible.
The report offers a [...]
Posted in Statewide on Feb 24th, 2010
By Fredrick Kunkle
The Washington Post Virginia Politics Blog
The onslaught of criticism aimed at Del. Robert G. Marshall for his remarks on abortion, God and people with disabilities continued for a second day, including a speech from the House of Delegates floor by a new lawmaker whose son is severely disabled.
Speaking on the [...]
Posted in Statewide on Feb 24th, 2010
Office of Senator Janet Howell
32nd District
February 23, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Kelly, Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus
Phone: (804) 513-3733
Email: Michael@vademocrats.org
HOUSE DENIES INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR TREATMENT OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN
~ Bill would have required coverage for early intervention [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2010
By Derek Kravitz
The Washington Post’s Blog
A Democratic lobbyist running for a Virginia House seat in Fairfax County picked up a big endorsement this week — from her old political rival.
Former Republican delegate James H. Dillard II, who served as Virginia’s 41st District House delegate from 1972 to 2005, endorsedEileen Filler-Corn, a Democratic lobbyist who served [...]
Posted in Statewide on Feb 22nd, 2010
By Viola O. Baskerville
Ruby Grant Martin (1933-2003)
It was not until the administration of Virginia Governor A. Linwood Holton, Jr. (1970-1974) that there was a Governor’s Cabinet. Prior to this time, dozens of agency directors reported to the Governor. In a move to re-organize the executive branch reporting and accountability system, the Governor’s Cabinet was instituted. [...]
Posted in Lynchburg on Feb 21st, 2010
Liberty University students vote in the 2009 gubernatorial election at Heritage Elementary School. The recent increase in LU voters has led to the debate about moving the Ward III polling location.
By Alicia Petska
The Lynchburg News & Advance
Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. is denouncing City Council’s recent rejection of two LU-backed polling place sites [...]
Posted in Statewide on Feb 20th, 2010
by Martha Toomey
My dear Friends,
My family has been blessed by good fortune over the past 14 years, in spite of Jeffrey’s pertussis injury and all that has happened. His life care plan was, after 11 years, approved and funded. Not once did his expert, professional life care planner take Virginia’s social [...]
Posted in NoVA on Feb 20th, 2010
Sixth Week of Session Edition
Feb. 19, 2010
In This Issue
Del. Herring to Hold Town Hall
Del. Herring Speaks Out for Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Welcome to Delegate Herring’s Newsletter
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