The Rev. Charles Swadley (right) of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy speaks briefly during the reception following the Interfaith Voices Against Violence service on April 8 at Asbury United Methodist Church in...
Here is the April VICPP Newsletter: VICPPP_Newsletter_1_4
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and the Virginia Council of Churches are calling on Virginia’s elected leaders – and all citizens – to renew our commitment to religious freedom and pluralism and...
A recap of how our Policy Priorities fared The 2016 General Assembly was a long (60-day) session, that adjourned sine die on March 12. The session was marked by policy differences between Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s...
Last week members of the House and Senate conference committee delivered their biennium budget conference report. This budget includes many advances for Virginia, most significantly, additional funding for our public education system, a 2%...
This is the final week of the 2016 General Assembly session. Last Tuesday the House and Senate ceremoniously rejected the opposing house’s version of the budget so that the details of the biennium budget...
The VICPP newsletter for March is now ready for view as a pdf file: VICPPP_Newsletter_1_3
Comments from Rabbi Beifield: Two central ideas underlie the abiding Jewish commitment to provide health care to all of God’s children. The first is Judaism’s teaching that an individual human life is of infinite...
Last Tuesday marked crossover, the halfway point through the 2016 General Assembly session. Bills were reported out of the house of origin in order to be considered by the other house. Additionally, the House...
Thanks to Casey with VCV, the Feb. 17 News Conference at the General Assembly building on closing the coverage gap is now posted on YouTube. Find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_faQaqH_U8&feature=youtu.be
