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Tempur Sealy International will invest $16.7 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Scott County. Virginia successfully competed with New Mexico for the project, which will create 25 new jobs.
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Historically, women have been affected by gender inequalities in pay and employment. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened these vulnerabilities, especially for women of color.
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I’m a small business owner, and I strongly support raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. Paying employees wages they can live on is good business.
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Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday the designation of the OAG’s first Worker Protection Unit that will focus on investigating, stopping and prosecuting individuals and businesses who unlawfully engage in worker exploitation.
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Far more meaningful than the partisan labels of elected officials are the changes that have taken place in the laws of the Commonwealth.
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday more than $24 million in Affordable and Special Needs Housing loans for 28 projects across the Commonwealth, creating or preserving 1,635 affordable housing units for low-income Virginians.
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Community college students from Virginia and around the country will be recruited for a summer research experience run by the James Madison University Biology Department beginning this summer.
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The House of Representatives, by a razor-thin 219-212 margin, voted in the wee hours of Saturday morning to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, setting up the next political battle in the U.S. Senate.
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The House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that expands protections for LGBTQ+ people.
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This guide should help you understand more about Medicare before you enroll.
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