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Pipeline to progress?
Natural gas is key component of Dominion’s carbon-free plan
Although Dominion Energy Inc. has pulled the plug on its $8 billion-plus Atlantic Coast Pipeline, natural gas remains a linchpin in the Richmond-based utility’s plan to shift from coal to renewable energy sources like wind and solar for electricity generation. Dominion announced over the Fourth of July weekend that it was abandoning the pipeline and
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Tech talent factory
Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus will partner with industry to create tomorrow’s tech workforce
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Lance R. Collins was hired to lead Virginia Tech’s $1 billion Innovation Campus in one world, but he begins work Aug. 1 in another. But the Innovation Campus’ new vice president and executive director sees the disruption fueled by the pandemic and recession as only sharpening the mission of Tech’s initiative to create a tech
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The new normal
Commercial real estate firms adapt workplaces for pandemic life
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For those returning to the office after months of working remotely, the novel coronavirus has turned the workplace into a potential microbial minefield. What danger lurks on the surface of the break room table? What invisible pathogens spread silently through the vents of the HVAC system? And what of the frequently used door handles and
Blurred lines?
Banks accuse credit unions of unfairly encroaching on their territory
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The battle between banks and credit unions is flaring up again and it could wind up before the Supreme Court of Virginia. Bankers say nonprofit credit unions are morphing into roles that look like traditional banks, becoming larger than many community banks while facing lighter tax and regulatory burdens, giving the credit unions an unfair
The mouse that roars
Arlington aims to become new and improved Silicon Valley
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Arlington County encompasses an area of just 26 square miles, making it geographically the smallest self-governing county in America. But in many ways, it is the mouse that roars. In November 2018, Arlington snagged the biggest economic prize in Virginia — and possibly U.S. — history when Amazon.com Inc. announced it would build its $2.5
Legislative Briefing
A summary of legislative actions taken during the 2020 General Assembly session
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Virginia lawmakers considered an array of bills impacting businesses and the state economy. Here’s a look at some key actions taken during the 2020 session: Casinos Virginia lawmakers passed legislation opening the door for casinos but only in five localities: Bristol, Danville, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Richmond. A study by the Joint Legislative Audit & Review
Gifts of healing
Virginians counter COVID-19, racial injustice via philanthropy
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When tech entrepreneur Pete Snyder and his wife, Burson, returned home to Charlottesville from taking their 5-year-old daughter to Walt Disney World this spring, they came home to a business community struggling after COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. “Our view is we’re at war right now,” Snyder says. “It has two fronts: One is a health and
A session to remember
2020 General Assembly saw protests and pandemic
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In the six weeks between the Virginia General Assembly’s March 12 adjournment and its April 22 veto session, the world changed. The dramatic societal shifts brought on by the coronavirus pandemic were on display during the historic, surreal April meeting, in which the lawmakers gathered at unusual locations — the Senate at the Science Museum
Firing up Fairfax
Economic powerhouse takes steps to rebound from pandemic
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By the numbers, Fairfax County should be the envy of every locality. As the headquarters for 11 Fortune 500 companies, the county is home to a large concentration of educated, high-income earners and boasts one of the biggest suburban office markets in the country, second only to Los Angeles. Two years ago, data from the