Federal program awards $7.1M to protect 4,000 acres of Shenandoah National Park
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The Southern Shenandoah Borderlands Project has been awarded $7,095,000 in federal funding to protect 4,364 acres of scenic lands.
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Environmental groups continue to fight Mountain Valley Pipeline: ‘Too dangerous not to’
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The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a brief last week on behalf of The Wilderness Society in an effort to fight the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ+ rights has another target: The 1964 Civil Rights Act
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The Trump-packed Supreme Court, in another 6-3 ruling, is relegating the LGBTQ+ community to second-class status.
Virginia Tech awarded nearly $500K to accelerate Appalachia forest farming industry
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Nearly $500,000 from an initiative of the ARC will fund the start of a project to accelerate Appalachia’s forest farming industry.
Childcare isn’t a family issue: It’s an economic competitiveness issue
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The average annual cost of childcare for a child under 6 is $10,600, which comes to just over $200 per week. That’s for one kid. For two, the cost is more than the average monthly mortgage payments in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
Amid affordable housing crisis, Alexandria complex appears to be raising rates, threatening evictions
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Two U.S. Senators sent a letter to a real estate owner in Alexandria expressing concerns of tenants at an affordable housing complex.
More post-Dobbs: Republicans using decision to try to punish women servicemembers
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Another consequence of the Dobbs decision is Republicans in Congress fighting to bar women servicemembers stationed in states with restrictive anti-abortion laws from being able to travel to states where they can get abortions if needed.
Roe v. Wade anniversary: Legislators push to restore the right to seek abortion care
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On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, legislators have introduced a bill to protect the right of women to cross state lines to seek abortion care.
Senate committee passes bill with directives to strengthen mental health care
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The Senate Armed Services Committee has passed the National Defense Authorization Act which includes provisions to improve access to mental health care.
Equality Act: ‘Nobody should face discrimination based on whom they love’
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United State legislators have reintroduced the Equality Act, legislation that would protect LGBTQ+ Americans from discrimination.
