
Paid leave: A fix for our imperfect marketplace
As a business person, there is one economics lesson I learn over and over again: The marketplace is essential but not perfect.

As a business person, there is one economics lesson I learn over and over again: The marketplace is essential but not perfect.

Central Shenandoah EMS Council is pleased to announce that we have hired two new educators to join our staff. The addition of two new educators is key to our ability to offer a full range of EMS educational programming to include our new paramedic training program which is on track for the fall of 2015.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is the first art museum in the United States to establish an extensive collaborative project with the Palace Museum in Beijing.

VMI football strength and conditioning coach Jimmy Whitten has announced Curtis Whaley as the Institute’s Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports.

During the monthly PRE-AIM conference call with Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) Local Coordinators, April Holmes, DARS Coordinator of Prevention Programs, announced that there were almost 5,000 workshop completers since April 2010 when DARS received the first grant to offer CDSME.

President Obama speaks at an event in Austin, Texas, on the economy, jobs and the political culture in Washington, D.C.

This July, Staunton Parks & Recreation and NRPA are challenging everyone to get out and visit their community parks and recreation during national Park and Recreation Month.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson and Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth Sam Nixon officially invite entries to the 2014 Governor’s Technology Awards.

The reigning Miss State Fair of Virginia, Courtney Garrett, was crowned Miss Virginia 2014 June 28 at the Roanoke Civic Center.

Those in the room were already in on the secret, but U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine seemed genuinely surprised when one of the local business leaders at an economic roundtable at the Valley Career and Technical Center in Fishersville on Tuesday blurted it out.
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