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Darden School of Business launches resilience competition

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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…

DRS Technologies announces move to Northern Virginia

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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, will be relocating its corporate headquarters from New Jersey to Arlington County. The company, recognized as one of the leading defense technology companies in the world, will be expanding its regional office to accommodate over 100 employees. The relocation and expansion costs will…

State revenues up 7.6 percent in March

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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that March general fund revenue collections rose 7.6 percent. The year-over-year increase was driven in large part by growth in sales and corporate income tax receipts. March is typically not a significant month for revenue collections. On a year-to-date basis, total revenue collections have risen 5.3 percent, ahead of the…

Warner: ‘All-of-the-above’ on energy policy

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Third in a four-part series What can Washington do about the near-record gas prices that a lot of us fear will cripple the economic recovery that has been slow in arriving anyway? In the short term, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., concedes, not much. “It’s not like America is paying a signficantly higher price for…

Smith announces candidacy for Waynesboro City Council

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Lorie M. Smith announced on Sunday her candidacy for the At-Large seat for Waynesboro City Council currently held by Mayor Frank Lucente. “Our citizens deserve the expectation of quality services for the taxes they pay. Further, in this difficult economic climate, there is a critical need to have strong leadership in economic development and job…

Creigh Deeds: Session Report

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January has come and gone.  Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow, and it appears that six more weeks of winter weather are ahead.  We saw temperatures in the 70s in Richmond this week.  Hopefully Phil is predicting six more weeks of this type of wintry weather. Throughout this session, one thing that stands out for…

AAA: Gas prices hold steady

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Despite holding at historic highs for the month of January, gas prices have stabilized over the past few weeks, yet some wonder if this is just the calm before the storm for gas prices during the first half of the year. The national average for regular grade gasoline inched up a penny this week to…

Kaine: ‘All of the above’ on energy

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The black-white debate on energy production between Republicans and Democrats generally speaking comes down to the merits of oil production vs. clean energy. It doesn’t have to be an either-or proposition, though. “We need to use every domestic source that we have. But I think we ought to be preparing for a long-term shift toward…

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