Opinion: Editorial: An Open Letter to Readers and More
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Opinion: Editorial: Expansion of Health Care in Virginia?
After years of hoping, it’s possible Medicaid expansion will come on April 11; say a prayer.
Opinion: Editorial: Hope for Expanding Health Care
Just say yes to $400 million, thousands of jobs and health care for 300,000.
Opinion: Editorial: What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Male, 60 percent; female 40 percent; less than 2 percent poor; less than 2 percent African American; less than 2 percent Latino.
Opinion: Editorial: Pulling Legal Status from Local Salvadorans
Bad for communities, bad for the economy, bad for the families, and no upside.
Editorial: Merry Christmas
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Editorial: Save Healthcare for Children Right Now
If U.S. Senate fails to act soon, 69,000 children and pregnant women in Virginia, more than 8 million nationally, will lose health coverage.
Editorial: Give Locally in Potomac
School holidays can bring uncertainty and hunger for tens of thousands of poor children in our area.
Editorial: Give Locally in Arlington County
School holidays can bring uncertainty and hunger for tens of thousands of poor children in our area.
Editorial: Give Locally in Alexandria
School holidays can bring uncertainty and hunger for tens of thousands of poor children in our area.
Forum on Independent Oversight of Police
Two new forms of independent oversight of police are now in place.
Police auditors
Chamber Honors People of the Year
Dr. John Sever, Harrison Smith and Jim McWhorter honored on Nov. 16 at Normandie Farm.
Chamber Honors People of the Year
Editorial: Careful What To Wish For
Could changes in General Assembly mean some legislative requests from Northern Virginia might not be dead on arrival?
Editorial: Give Locally in Arlington County
School holidays can bring uncertainty and hunger for tens of thousands of poor children in our area.
Editorial: Give Locally in Potomac
School holidays can bring uncertainty and hunger for tens of thousands of poor children in our area.
Opinion: Editorial: Dire and Urgent
Does current repeal effort set the stage for billions in tax cuts for the wealthiest?
Editorial: Voting Every Year, But Always Critical
League of Women Voters provides forums to learn about the candidates.
Editorial Opinion: Expand Medicaid Now
It’s too late to get back the $10 billion Virginia turned down, but not too late to gain coverage for 400,000 and boost the economy.
Opinion: Editorial: Killing the Poor to Pay Millionaires
Even employer provided insurance would suffer; coverage caps and exclusions of pre-existing conditions could return.
Opinion: Editorial: Losing One of Our Own
Worst fear of any parent of a teenager: losing a child to violence.
Editorial Opinion: Another Step to Police Transparency
Opening up records of “unattended deaths” to families.
Editorial Opinion: Expand Medicaid Now
Virginia has missed out on $10 billion, 30,000 jobs and care for 400,000 citizens.
Editorial: Independent, Civilian Oversight in Place
New auditor and panel will make an excellent police force better, more transparent and accountable.
In February, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors followed through in establishing two forms of independent oversight of law enforcement for the first time in county history.
Pioneering Change For Autism
University of Virginia seminar studies tension between “The Science & Lived Experience of Autism.”
Despite a recent surge in attention and research over the past decade about autism, controversy exists.
Editorial: Good, Bad and Missed Opportunities
Results of the 2017 session of the General Assembly.
GOOD THINGS Progress in funding mental health and addressing the opioid epidemic on multiple levels were among the successes of the 2017 General Assembly session.
Opinion: Budget Season in Fairfax County
Attend a town hall meeting and express your priorities.
Alexandria and Arlington each have a meals tax, both enacted without a referendum because as urban forms of government in Virginia, their local elected bodies were authorized to enact the tax legislatively.
Editorial: Ending Gerrymandering Important to Region
Efforts appear dead for this session, but elections later this year provide new opportunities.
While three bills that could have reined in the runaway gerrymandering in Virginia made it through the Virginia Senate to crossover, they died on Tuesday morning in a House subcommittee, despite some vocal Republican support.
Submit Photos to Pet Connection
The Pet Connection, a twice-yearly special edition, will publish the last week of February, and photos and stories of your pets with you and your family should be submitted by Feb. 15.
So Much Happening, Don’t Blink
Demonstrations at Dulles in reaction to travel ban; fast moving General Assembly lacks transparency; other key issues.
As this date approaches, the General Assembly has a serious transparency issue, as it continues to kill most proposed legislation with unrecorded voice votes in subcommittee, with no accountability or record of how members voted.