LEEDing the way
Mandates and marketability push Virginia to the top among states in green development
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VCU has earned LEED status for eight new buildings and the renovation of a ninth.
A new war between the states
Incentives are ammunition in battles for jobs and investment
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There is a new war between the states, a constant battle for new business investment.
Eminent domain
Legal challenges expected to define meaning of constitutional amendment expanding property rights
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Verdicts in two recent lawsuits seem to indicate the way the wind is blowing in restricting the government’s power of eminent domain.
Shortchanging justice?
Funding problems hobble efforts to fill judicial vacancies
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Virginia doesn’t have enough local judges to keep up with the workload, and so far, it hasn’t found enough money to fill all its vacancies.
2013 Forecast: still cloudy
Slow growth expected to be the norm until 2014
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Tenants remain understandably skittish as they head into 2013.