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Shattering the glass ceiling
30 women leaders who stand out in Virginia’s corporate world
2022 nominations are closed. Please see our JULY issue featuring this year’s recipients. The COVID-19 pandemic has been unusually difficult for professional women, especially those with young children or
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Making history (belatedly)
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Virginia, sometimes better known for its history than anything else, is poised to make more of it this November. There will be two female candidates on this year’s ballot for
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Clouds gathering over big solar farms in Va.?
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In recent years, many solar farms have been approved by local governments across the state, but the outlook in some areas isn’t so sunny anymore. In Frederick County, the Board
JULY FOR THE RECORD
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Roanoke/New River Valley Appalachian Power in late May issued two requests for proposals to help the company comply with provisions of the Virginia Clean Economy Act. Under the VCEA, Appalachian
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G-Men headed for Springfield? Possibly.
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After being sidelined during the Trump administration, the plan to build a new FBI headquarters in the Washington, D.C., suburbs appears to be back on track. Earlier this year, U.S.
July Out & About
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Back to the future
McAuliffe seeks second term vs. newcomer Youngkin
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The candidates running for governor in November face the convergence of two Virginia political trends. The first is the commonwealth’s tendency to vote for governors of the opposing party from
Region hopes for jolt from batteries, electrification
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Adam Wells is charged up about a plan to create a “battery and electrification economy” in Southwest Virginia. “This is the most exciting thing that I’m working on,” says Wells,
Seismic session
Short legislative session brings big changes for businesses, society
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With short legislative sessions and state elections looming in the fall, odd-numbered years have developed an often-unfair reputation for being a slack time for the General Assembly. Observers of the
Va. Tech researchers make Spot go
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Spot can’t dance. Well, Spot could, but you’d have to pay extra for that. “Spot out of the box cannot do all those tricks,” says Virginia Tech doctoral student Srijeet
Pittsylvania officials hope to spur brownfields development
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Pittsylvania County’s growth trajectory received an added boost in May when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the county a $600,000 grant to conduct environmental due diligence on 18 brownfield
Chesterfield eyes zoning overhaul to boost development
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In 1980, developer George Emerson stood in a wooded area of Chesterfield County’s Bermuda district and told a contractor where he wanted to build a road. Without any formal plan
