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Medicaid fight in Virginia takes off

January 28, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The new Democratic governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is pushing hard for Virginia to sign onto the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Medicaid Expansion Program.

Pennsylvania unions cheer blocking of new voter ID law

January 27, 2014 By Press Associates

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is cheering a judge's ruling bouncing the state's GOP-passed "voter ID" law, but the story isn't over yet.

GOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed

January 17, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.

House GOP draining $600 million a week from economy

January 7, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

"It is fiscally irresponsible not to extend unemployment benefits. The long-run cost to the taxpayers will be much higher from disconnecting people from the labor market."

1.3 million jobless could go over the cliff Dec. 28

December 10, 2013 By John Wojcik

"I was once the main breadwinner but now we are not really able to make ends meet."