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Klöckner Pentaplast Group (kp), a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, will invest a total of $68 million to expand its facilities in Louisa County and Wythe County, creating 54 new jobs in the Commonwealth.
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Outdoor recreation accounts for billions of dollars in value added to the state economy in Chesapeake Bay watershed states and billions in compensation.
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Following a 40-year career in development economics, Virginia Tech Professor George Norton celebrates the world’s progress in reducing poverty, but acknowledges the need to abate a corresponding trend of growing economic inequality.
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Seventh District Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger today called on the Trump administration and congressional leadership in both parties to recommit to the passage of a negotiated COVID-19 relief package before the end of the year.
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The Salvation Army of Waynesboro and East Augusta County usually gets a third of the quarter of a million dollars it raises annually from local individuals from its iconic Red Kettles. But with the decline in foot traffic at retail stores, the local unit is projecting a 50 percent decrease in donations this holiday season.
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Operation Protect Veterans, a joint crime prevention program created by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and AARP, is alerting the more than 17 million U.S. veterans to scams specifically targeting them.
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Gov. Ralph Northam has announced two allocations of Growth and Opportunity for Virginia grants, totaling more than $9 million, that will go to support more than 30 local, regional and statewide projects.
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More than 67,000 Virginia military veterans have been hired through the Virginia Values Veterans Program since its inception in 2012.
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Virginia is allocating $30 million in CARES Act dollars to help Virginians whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis response pursue workforce training in a high-demand field.
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The U.S. economy grew at a record annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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