Tom Perriello | Fifth District Report

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Last week, a new version of health-care reform legislation was unveiled in the U.S. House. I was pleased to see major changes in the bill that move us in the right direction. Though I was unsatisfied with the original bill, I’ve been working hard for reforms that I can support, because doing nothing would mean…

Wendy C. Wolf | Preventing breast cancer through health-care reform

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One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 4,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented just…

AFP Focus | Treasurer candidates debate audit issues

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Waynesboro treasurer Sandee Dixon is facing three challengers, including two write-in challengers, in the wake of a series of four state audit reports raising issue with her management of the city money office. The four faced a question on the audit issue at a candidates forum sponsored by Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending Wednesday night….

Poll: McDonnell up eight

Chris Graham

Another new poll out this morning from Clarus Research has Bob McDonnell still comfortably ahead of Creigh Deeds at the two-week-out mark of the Virginia gubernatorial race. The 49 percent-to-41 percent lead for McDonnell lines up with recent renderings of the race from Rasmussen, which had McDonnell up 50 percent to 43 percent, and Mason…

Earth Talk | Facts on rain forests

Roddy Scheer

Dear EarthTalk: Do you have current facts and figures about how much rainforest is being destroyed each day around the world, and for what purpose(s)? – Teri, via e-mail Pinning down exact numbers is nearly impossible, but most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily, and significantly degrading…

Maureen P. Corry | Putting maternity care to work in health-care reform

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“I don’t need maternity care.” Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) lobbed this comment against Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) efforts to guarantee maternity coverage as a basic benefit in health-care reform. “Your mom probably did,” Stabenow famously shot back. That exchange and the wave of support that followed for Stabenow’s proposals illustrates how out of step Kyl…