Virginia Rising

Senate candidates debate gun control, other topics at VCU Parker Slaybaugh, 8News Reporter Published: October 20, 2015, 11:31 pm RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four candidates from the 10th Senate district squared off Tuesday night in a town hall debate at VCU. Watch Video here: http://wric.com/2015/10/20/senate-candidates-debate-gun-control-other-topics-at-vcu/ Election day is just two weeks away, and political watchers from all across the state are …

VOTES MATTER! Simply by voting, we magnify our voices to a level where politicians can hear us! Join us this weekend for the kick off of our Voter Registration Drive! There are millions of people across the nation eligible to vote who are not REGISTERED or simply don’t vote! Yet, some elections in Virginia have been decided by less than …

Join us for New Virginia Majority’s first-ever People’s Congress We believe that everyone, especially communities of color, students and immigrant communities must be a part of the journey to transform Virginia into the Virginia we know it can be. We’re talking about creating a 21st century democracy based on compassion, opportunity, justice and freedom. During our first-ever People’s Congress, you’ll not only …

Rethinking Punitive School Discipline High school seniors Brooke Wilson and Cynthia Boateng call for policies that help, not harm Mistakes are as common as they are guaranteed. No matter who you are, and regardless of your particular walk in life, you are bound to stumble sometime. While no one aspires to blow it, one can only hope their mistakes are …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (WVIR) – A student group at the University of Virginia is demanding state lawmakers stop the UVA Board of Visitors (BOV) from implementing a new tuition plan. LINK TO VIDEO: http://www.nbc29.com/story/28790283/uva-students-turning-to-lawmakers-to-stop-new-tuition-plan?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=11385433 UVA Students United argues that the new plan will create a university that depends on more and more wealthy students to subsidize the ones who aren’t. The …

By KARIN KAPSIDELIS Richmond Times-Dispatch | Posted 2 days ago Virginia Commonwealth University undergraduates would pay about 3 percent more in tuition and mandatory fees next year under proposals presented Tuesday to the board of visitors. The board was offered two tuition options during a work session on the $538.38 million budget plan for covering instructional programs and related costs. …

By Nick Anderson March 24 at 5:29 PM   The campus of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Va., on Friday March 20, 2015. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post) The home-state price of entry at the University of Virginia will rise 11 percent next fall — one of the highest college tuition-and-fee increases in the nation — …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Board of Visitors Considering Proposal That Would Drastically Raise Costs UVA Students United plans mobilization to fight increase in tuition, lack of transparency During its scheduled meeting Tuesday, Mar. 24 and Wednesday, Mar. 25, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors (BOV) will be discussing a recommendation by the Financial Subcommittee of a “high tuition/high aid” affordability …

You’re not alone, and some Virginia legislators are trying to help Posted by: brad – Jan 22, 2015 “In high school I told my counselor I was undocumented and I remember he told me ‘students like you don’t go to college,’” said Giancarla Rojas in a meeting to help fight the student debt crisis many face here in Virginia. Rojas …

  RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers on Thursday heard two hours of sometimes emotional testimony about campus sexual assault — and then threw up their hands.On the heels of high-profile cases of rape on college campuses, lawmakers are struggling with how to punish the perpetrators without taking away victims’ rights when they are most vulnerable. At issue is whether to require …