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Arconic Inc. (NYSE: ARNC), a global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing leader, will relocate its global headquarters from New York City to Fairfax County. The move will bring approximately 50 new jobs to the community.
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Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have risen 5.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.62/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 gas outlets in Virginia.
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Governor Ralph Northam today announced a new land conservation strategy that will focus resources on preserving lands with the highest conservation value for the Commonwealth.
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In 2017, an estimated 104,843 acres of underwater grasses were mapped in the Chesapeake Bay: the highest amount ever recorded by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the first time in our decades-long history of monitoring this critical habitat that the total abundance surpassed 100,000 acres.
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Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have risen 3.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.57/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 gas outlets in Virginia.
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Biodegradable plastic is defined as any form of plastic that can break down into its constituent components in the environment within days, weeks or months without leaving behind potentially toxic residue.
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MI Technical Solutions Inc. (MITS), a professional engineering and technical services operation, is investing $100,000 to expand its IT and cybersecurity operation in the City of Chesapeake due to increased demand from the U.S. Navy, its largest client. The project will create 15 new jobs.
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The Virginia Tech Department of Economics is teaming with Peru’s Universidad de Piura for a new undergraduate summer research exchange program that focuses on how behavioral economics can inform public policymaking on such topics as environment, health, technology, and education.
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Legislators who were in Richmond on April 13 for the Special Session to complete work on the biennial budget interrupted their work on April 18 for the Constitutionally required Reconvened Session commonly referred to as the “veto session.”
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Average retail gasoline prices in Virginia have risen 5.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.53/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 4,081 gas outlets in Virginia.
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