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Short and … sweet?
A look ahead at the General Assembly’s 2021 session
Even before the pandemic and ensuing recession took hold in Virginia, 2020 already had the makings for a novel year in the General Assembly. Having won majorities in both houses
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Representing the underdogs
Republican House leader aims to be ‘voice of reason’
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Although it’s hard to think way back to January 2020, a time before a year of social unrest, pandemic and economic peril, that’s when Virginia’s legislature and executive branch became
Opinion
Let’s make business cool again
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Back in my high school days, I recall longing to be one of the “cool kids.” Guys with names like Matt or Jim. This was a time of jocks and
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Off and running
An updated look at this year’s gubernatorial race
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Updated Jan. 29, 2021 Conventional wisdom used to hold that all politics is local, but that’s not really the case anymore. The extreme polarization on display during the recent presidential
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Valley manufacturers face workforce shortage
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Meat, coffee creamer, frozen fruits and chocolate. These commodities represent some of the bread and butter business lines, literally, of Devon Anders’ mega storage and supply chain logistics company, which
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Changing course
Business schools take active role in fostering equity and diversity
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For the first time, James Madison University’s College of Business offered spring 2020 students in its MBA program an elective course focused specifically on diversity. By the end of the
In good health
Three hospitals receive top marks in annual satisfaction survey
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Virginia’s patient satisfaction rate held steady in a recently released nationwide survey, but just three hospitals in the commonwealth received the highest marks. Overall, Virginia patient satisfaction trails the national
Barter Theatre hangs on with Moonlite shows
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Abingdon’s Moonlite Theatre is on the National Register of Historic Places and in the lyrics of at least two country western songs, but the drive-in movie theater was closed for
The VirginiaBusiness.com Top Five
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The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Nov. 16 to Dec. 15 included the news that Gov. Ralph Northam was ordering new restrictions based on post-Thanksgiving surges in coronavirus cases.
ODU mapping tool to help site wind turbines
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The answer, they say, is blowin’ in the wind. In August 2020, Old Dominion University won a $775,000 grant from the Department of Defense that will help create a “wind energy siting
Hotel owners switch focus to residential
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Hit hard by the economic effects of the coronavirus, the hotel industry isn’t expected to fully recover until 2023 or 2024. Meanwhile, several hotel properties, including two in Northern Virginia,
2020 Political Roundtable: Trump vs. Biden
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The pandemic brought record early voter turnout, stretching official election outcomes for days — but a panel of five statewide political experts resoundingly predicted the day after the election that
For the Record January 2021
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Roanoke/New River Valley “Dopesick,” an eight-episode limited Hulu series, will film in Central Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley and the Roanoke region through the spring, Gov. Ralph Northam announced in November
