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Crowded out
Elections overshadow 2023 state legislative agenda
Election years are not the time to make waves in Virginia’s legislature, says Greg Habeeb, a former Roanoke delegate who now advises clients pursuing legislation in the General Assembly. Big
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Gloves off
State Sen. Joe Morrissey battles for Petersburg casino
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Although many political observers doubt there will be much legislation of major significance passed by the split legislature this year, Sen. Joe Morrissey, D-Petersburg, is gambling on a productive 2023.
Opinion
Reimagining the corporation
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Welcome to the New Year! 2023 is a new one indeed. Business as usual isn’t so usual anymore. Tech companies are downsizing faster than local daily newspapers. Starbucks baristas are
From This Issue
December 2022 Top Five
Most-read news stories of the month on VirginiaBusiness.com
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The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Nov. 14 to Dec. 14, 2022, included a Virginia Business scoop about a restaurant on the culture-war frontlines that became
Suffolk logistics center moves ahead
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Despite lingering community opposition, Suffolk officials remain committed to the Port 460 Logistics Center, a warehouse complex on Pruden Boulevard at the U.S. Route 58 interchange, a major freight corridor
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Virginia 500 Spotlight: Rex D. Geveden
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CEO and president, BWX Technologies Inc. Lynchburg BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE TO GIVE TO OTHERS: Write and track your life goals — family, financial, career, experiential, spiritual, etc. I’ve been
The main event
Redrawn districts become incumbent battlegrounds
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Updated Jan. 4, 2023 Like the quote from a possibly apocryphal Harvard Law professor, Virginia legislators can look to their left and then to their right, and one of their
January 2023 For the Record
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CENTRAL VIRGINIA On Dec. 8, 2022, Arko Corp., a Fortune 500 holding company for Henrico County-based convenience store chain GPM Investments LLC, closed on its acquisition of Pride Convenience Holdings
MGCC workforce center to offer trades training
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The Mountain Gateway Community College Real Estate Foundation will renovate a downtown Buena Vista building into the Wilson Workforce Development Center, likely starting early this year. It’s named for Buena
757 Angels will partner with VentureSouth
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757 Angels, a Hampton Roads angel investment group that matches venture capitalists with local entrepreneurs, is partnering with VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment networks in the United States.
StartVirginia: Jan. 2023 Heard around Virginia
January startups news from around the state
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Vienna-based Attune’s indoor air quality sensor is the first North American-made indoor air quality sensor to receive environmental claim validation UL 2905, the company announced Dec. 6, 2022. The validation,
Southwest Virginia could get small modular nuclear reactor
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In early October, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his goal of developing a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Southwest Virginia within 10 years, part of a plan to make the
Making the cut
Four Va. hospitals get top marks from patients
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The focal point of a New York Times exposé last year, Bon Secours’ Richmond Community Hospital was one of four hospitals in Virginia to receive top marks from patients in
