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Virginia ABC stores to change to noon opening
COVID-19 causing staffing difficulties
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The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority will change its daily opening hours to noon at its 395 stores starting Monday. Staffing stores has become difficult as “increasing numbers of ABC’s
Va. new unemployment claims up 16%
New claims rose by 400, but continued claims dropped 1,100
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New unemployment claims in Virginia increased 16% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Jan. 15, Virginians filed 2,849 initial claims, an increase of
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Roaring ’20s repeat possible, Richmond Fed president says
Barkin predicts goods inflation will ease as supply issues lessen
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Thomas Barkin said he could visualize another round of the “roaring ’20s,” he said Thursday during the Virginia Bankers Association/Virginia Chamber 2022
Va. new unemployment claims up 35%
Continued claims down almost 3,400
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims increased by 34.9% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Jan. 8, Virginians filed 2,446 initial claims, an increase of
Northam calls state of emergency to increase hospital staffing
30-day order would boost number of beds for COVID patients
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With an all-time high number of Virginians hospitalized for COVID-19 on Friday, Gov. Ralph Northam issued a 30-day executive order Monday to expand the number of available hospital beds, increase
VDH funds $5 million for new COVID-19 testing centers
50k tests expected this month
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As COVID infection rates reach record numbers from the omicron variant, the Virginia Department of Health will open nine new COVID-19 community testing centers across the state to increase testing
Va. new unemployment claims up 51%
Continued claims up by 6,000
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims increased by almost 51% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Jan. 1, Virginians filed 1,813 new claims, an increase
Looking back
A Q&A with exiting Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam
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In November 2021, Gov. Ralph Northam sat down for an interview with Virginia Business, looking back at his eventful four-year term. This is a transcript of the full interview, part
A dramatic shift
Gov. Ralph Northam’s tenure was progressive, eventful
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Four years ago, no one would have guessed Gov. Ralph Northam would lead the most progressive Virginia administration in modern memory. A native of Onancock on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, as
Consumer Technology Association: “CES will and must go on”
Amid rising COVID rates, big companies are exiting Arlington group's annual tech show
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The Arlington-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is moving forward with its CES consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas in January, despite cancelations from big exhibitors and the surge of