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Wake-Up Call: Planned Parenthood’s 2007 legislative agenda

Becky Reid is a grassroots coordinator with the Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge. She joins Rick Moore to talk about her organization’s legislative agenda for the current session of the General Assembly.

HB1914 – would add the HPV vaccine to a list of required vaccinations

HB2035 – would add the HPV vaccine to a list of required vaccinations

HB2221 – would define birth control as being not similar to abortion

HB2842 – would require pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception

Reid says Planned Parenthood will push these bills during the group’s Pro-Choice Lobby Day on January 25th. The group will also be organizing opposition to the following bills:

HB2142 – would make abortions illegal immediately upon a reversal of Roe v. Wade

Richmond Sunlight is a new way to see what’s going on in the General Assembly. Click here to get a list of bills tagged with the phrase “abortion.”
Reid first got involved with this issue while working on a campaign to make sure pharmacists were providing access to emergency contraception.

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Charlottesville–Right Now: Governor Christine Todd Whitman, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency

Christine Todd Whitman is the forger Governor of New Jersey and former Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency under President Bush. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINAGuv,!v,,us CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjkjRight Now to talk about last NovemberGuv,!v,,us elections. Whitman discusses the importance of national parties to cater to a broad spectrum of citizens, and how that can lead to better bi-partisan cooperation. WhatGuv,!v,,us in store for the Republican Party in 2008? Find out, on CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjkjRight Now.
Whitman currently is the head of a PAC called My Party, Too. They also have a blog.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: Investigative Journalist and Author Jeff Benedict on his new book

Jeff Benedict is one of the nation’s top investigative journalists, whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Sports Illustrated. He joins Coy Barefoot on Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his new book: “The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family.” He shares a few stories about his encounters with top executives in the business world – who just happen to be Mormon. His book is about the many Mormon business leaders (such as the founder of JetBlue and the CEO of Dell Computers), and how their religion affects their work. The Mormon Way of Doing Business: Leadership and Success Through Faith and Family is available now.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: Lowell Feld evaluates the Democratic Congress to date

Lowell Feld of the blog Raising Kaine is Coy Barefoot’s guest on the January 11th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Topics include Feld’s appraisal of President Bush’s decision to raise troop levels in Iraq, Senator Jim Webb’s plumb assignments on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, and an assessment of the Democrat’s first week in control of Congress.

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Charlottesville–Right Now: Delegate Brian Moran of Alexandria

Delegate Brian Moran of Alexandria joins Coy Barefoot on the January 11th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the General Assembly. This is Moran’s eleventh year in the legislature, and he is now the chair of the House Democratic Caucus. He and Coy discuss the chances of a compromise on transportation funding, the possibility of non-partisan redistricting in Virginia and attempts to raise the minimum wage in Virginia.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: A look at Virginia21 with Kelly Porell

Kelly Porell is the executive director of Virginia21, a group that advocates on behalf of young voters. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the opening of the Virginia General Assembly and the debut of Waldo Jaquith’s Richmond Sunlight website to track legislation.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Jan. 11 Headlines: Danville prisoner dies, Three teens booked for crime spree, Kaine addresses Assembly

Governor Kaine speaks to General Assembly (Richmond Times Dispatch)

Man dies in jail cell (Danville Register & Bee)

3 Charlottesville teens arrested in crime spree (Charlottesville Daily Progress)

PVCC devises nurse plan (Charlottesville Daily Progress)

Plans call for 408-unit apartment complex (Lynchburg News Advance)




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Live Arts Preview: Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) from January 12 to January 27


Bill LeSueur in the title role of Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) by Will Eno. At Live Arts Jan 12 – 27. Photo credit: Jack Looney/C-VILLE Weekly.

Are you in the mood for a bit of “existential stand-up?” We’re not sure if that genre really exists, but the idea applies to Thom Pain (Based on Nothing). The monologue runs from January 12th to the 27th in the UpStage Theater at Live Arts. The play is by Will Eno, and made its international debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 2004. It was even a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the following year.

Thom Pain takes place inside of a theater, as a man in his thirties attempts to tell stories about his childhood. I spoke with director Cristan Keighley during rehearsals.

If you’re reading this post on cvilleblogs.com or another RSS reader, you can download the mp3 of this podcast here.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling

Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling discusses the upcoming session of the Virginia General Assembly, which convenes this Wednesday. How will the session be used – tax changes? Alternate revenue sources? Changes to the State Constitution? Illegal immigration? Find out, on this January 8th edition of Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot.

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U.Va Medical and Law schools team-up to help those in poverty

A large number of the people who seek care at the University of Virginia Medical Center live in poverty. A new partnership with the U.Va law school and the Legal Aid Justice Center will help with legal issues that keep those patients on the fringes of society.

Under the U.Va Family Law Advocacy Project, doctors can refer patients to the Legal Aid Justice Center if they feel their medical needs are being affected by a legal problem. Thanks to a grant from the Jessie Ball DuPont Foundation, the project was able to hire a full-time staff attorney to deal with the case load.

Dr. Diane Pappas, left, and Assistant Dean Kimberly Emery co-founded the Family Advocacy Program.

I recently spoke with U.Va pediatrician Diane Pappas, Assistant U.Va Law School Dean Kimberly Emery, and attorney Christianne Quieroz about the program, which has also just received an additional grant from the Burford Liemenstoll Foundation.

This piece originally aired on WVTF Public Radio.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: Historian Rick Britton talks about the Freeman and Custis Expedition of the Louisiana Territory

Rick Britton is a local Historian and Cartographer, currently working on a book about Thomas Jefferson. On this segment of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now, Britton talks with Coy Barefoot about expeditions other than that of Louis and Clark. Specifically, he discusses the Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis Expedition of 1806. It’s a common misconception that Louis and Clark led the only expedition into the Louisiana Territory in the early 19th century, but Freeman and Custis – who led the southern-most expedition – came very close to a war with Spain. Learn more about this expedition right here.

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Jan 8. Headlines: Thurston guilty, Mental health crisis, minimum wage hike

From this point on, we’ll be producing the Gateway Virginia Headlines everyday. Soon it will head to its own website, and we’ll keep you up to date. In the meantime, click the arrow below to access this two and a half minute news update from Media General.

Jury finds man guilty in shooting (Charlottesville Daily Progress)

Official: Fewer mental health beds affects mentally ill (Lynchburg News Advance)

Marshall wants minimum wage raised (Danville Register Bee)

Six-car subway train derails (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Hospital seeks neighborly departure from downtown (Charlottesville Daily Progress)