Thanksgiving travel forecast: Storm may slow early travel as 46 million take to roads
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AccuWeather reports cold air will be less intense and much less widespread across the nation during the week of Thanksgiving.
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Tim Kaine speech on Senate floor on Keystone pipeline
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Sen. Tim Kaine remarks on the Senate floor before the vote on a resolution related to the proposed Keystone pipeline.
League of Conservation Voters expresses concern over Dominion pipeline
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Today, Governor McAuliffe announced his support for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a collaborative project between Dominion Power, AGL Resources, Duke Energy, and Piedmont Natural Resources to build a natural gas pipeline that will fully bisect our Commonwealth.
Risky oil drilling off Atlantic beaches raises multiple concerns
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Opening up the Mid and South Atlantic coast to risky oil drilling is ill-advised, according to comments submitted this week to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management by 27 citizens groups regarding the government’s proposed 2017-2022 leasing of the Atlantic Coast to oil companies for drilling.
Gov. McAuliffe address to General Assembly money committees
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe addresses members of the money committees in the Virginia General Assembly updating the state’s current finances.
McAuliffe announces 596 new jobs at Fort Monroe
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Liberty-Source PBC, a flexible onshore business process outsourcing model that uniquely harnesses the talent of military spouses, will invest $1.56 million to establish an operation at Fort Monroe in the City of Hampton.
Canada Metal Ltd. to establish first U.S. manufacturing operation in Virginia Beach
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Canada Metal (Pacific) Ltd., a Canada-based manufacturer of marine and industrial products, will invest $3 million to establish its first U.S. manufacturing operation in the City of Virginia Beach. The project will create 70 new jobs over three years.
Robert Hurt: Energy independence will reduce gas prices, create jobs
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It is hard to believe that only five short years ago, the national average price for a gallon of gas was $2.35 compared to $3.68 today.
Southern Environmental Law Center applauds governor on climate change
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Today Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order to establish a Virginia Climate Change Commission to proactively develop a comprehensive plan to protect Virginia’s communities from the impacts of climate change. Southern Environmental Law Center’s Cale Jaffe, director of the Virginia office, was selected to join the nonpartisan advisory group.
Ending the taxpayer subsidy for exorbitant executive bonuses
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There is an outrage in our tax code and it’s costing you money. Federal law currently gives publicly–held corporations a special tax deduction when they pay their executives huge “performance-based” bonuses. The deduction can be worth millions of dollars. The more they shower their executives with such pay, the less publicly-held corporations pay in federal taxes.
