Allen campaigns in Roanoke
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On Thursday, George Allen brought the Virginia Voices initiative to Roanoke where he listened to hardworking men and women about their concerns and shared ideas for fixing Washington
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Ken Plum: Uranium mining in Virginia
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Virginia has one of the largest deposits of uranium of anyplace in the country in Pittsylvania County in the southern part of the state. The location of Coles Hill Farm where the deposit is centered is in the Roanoke River watershed. There are smaller deposits of uranium in other parts of the state including the Piedmont region
Virginia drops in CNBC Top States for Business rankings
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Virginia is still one of the top states for business, according to a ranking by the cable-TV business channel CNBC. But it is no longer the top state for business
U.S. Chamber commends Virginia as ‘Most Livable State’
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce commended Virginia as America’s “Most Livable State” in its annual “Enterprising States: Policies that Produce” ranking. The report noted that Virginia ranks #1 nationally in median family income, STEM job concentration and in the high-tech share of all businesses
Earth Talk: Greening up small business
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There are many ways to green up any business, large or small—and an added benefit might just be saving money. Just like individuals, businesses can measure their carbon footprints to get a sense of where they are starting from and to get some initial ideas of areas to focus on to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Chris Graham: Global smarming
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“Yeah, so there goes your theory.” My friend Eli again. Trying to tell me that because the high temperature hasn’t gotten out of the low 60s the past couple of days, yep, you guessed it … “Global waming is a hoax, man. Been telling you that for years,” he said
Carmeuse to invest $45M in new operation in Frederick
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Carmeuse Lime & Stone will invest $45 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Frederick County
AAA: 122K Virginians will be stranded on roadways this summer
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AAA estimates it will come to the rescue of 7.9 million stranded motorists nationwide and over 122,000 in Virginia between Memorial Day and Labor Day
Small businesses rank Western Valley as having Virginia’s lowest hiring costs
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Thumbtack.com has released new data showing that small businesses rank Virginia among the top ten friendliest states nationwide towards small business
Warner joins group introducing jobs legislation
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today introduced bipartisan legislation, Startup Act 2.0
