WVTFHealth care continues to be a sticking point in Washington and Richmond, as state and federal lawmakers clash over funding Obamacare subsidies that expired last year.Sixteen years ago this week,...
Virginians facing high health care costs attend Trump speech with Democratic lawmakers
Virginia IndependentThree Virginians who are struggling to afford health care after President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress refused to extend an enhanced federal health insurance subsidy...
‘Show Them Some Love’
Another season of appreciation for local veteransRichmond MagazineWhen Jeff Clements was deployed with the Virginia National Guard, he felt there was perhaps nothing better than getting cards and...
Africa Builds the Clean Energy Future
Will the United States be a global partner in this work, or be left out of the new markets and alliances taking shape?Climate Lens NewsWhile some world leaders sleep at the wheel waiting until the...
Virginia wilderness areas under threat, Kaine and McClellan warn
Virginians need to push back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to rescind one of the most important regulations protecting wilderness areas, Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Jennifer McClellan,...
Federal lawmakers try to protect Va. forests as Trump administration moves to repeal Roadless Rule
President Donald Trump’s administration has set in motion efforts to repeal the Roadless Rule, a 2001 administrative mandate that put 45 million acres of the least developed forest land under...
Saying it ‘kicks the can down the road,’ VA congresswoman explains vote on shutdown’s end
Petersburg Progress-Index The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is itself now history, but don’t count Virginia Rep. Jennifer McClellan among its supporters. Saying the deal...
‘Truly unprecedented’: Virginia lawmakers, advocates concerned SNAP funding may run out in November
8NewsWith the federal government shutdown now in its third week with no end in sight, Virginia lawmakers and advocates are concerned that funding for food assistancemay run out in November.“SNAP...
Guest column | Government shutdown: Crisis of GOP’s making
Richmond Times-DispatchMama J’s Kitchen co-owner Lester Johnson is one of 400,000 Virginians who purchase health insurance through the Virginia Insurance Marketplace. As he prepared to renew his...
Va. Democrats push ACA credit extension
Punchbowl NewsSeveral House Democrats bashed the idea of a one-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies during a press call this morning, arguing that Congress must go bigger.The call...