Tim Kaine discusses talent economy at Bristol event
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine toured The Williams Company, a third-generation manufacturing and machining facility in Bristol, on Friday
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Scott Klinger: Time to end the Apple and GE offshore tax loopholes
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While attention focuses on congressional action on the Bush tax cuts, another tax bill is quietly tiptoeing through the Senate. The Senate Finance Committee has reported out the corporate tax extenders bill, a collection of dozens of tax breaks, many targeting industries whose lobbyists have filled campaign larders with cash. These tax breaks all expired at the end of last year, and are on track to be renewed for another year with little debate or scrutiny
Report: Global warming pushes extreme downpours up 33 percent in Virginia
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A month after extreme storms devastated Virginia, an Environment Virginia report confirms that extreme rainstorms are happening 33 percent more frequently in Virginia since 1948
Katherine McFate: Strengthen state oversight of fracking
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States have begun to respond to citizen complaints, but no state requires enough upfront collection of data and monitoring of drilling operations to ensure protection of local water supplies
Negro Leagues players at Richmond museum
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The Virginia Historical Society will host four Negro League baseball players at its museum located at 428 North Boulevard in Richmond
Study: Medical costs per workers comp claim rising in Virginia
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Although overall workers’ compensation costs to employers in Virginia are lower than most states, costs for medical treatment for injured workers are higher and rising, according to a new study, Medical Benchmarks for Virginia, CompScope™ 12th Edition, from the Workers Compensation Research Institute
Clean energy center opens in Lynchburg
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The Babcock & Wilcox Co., one of America’s foremost developers of clean energy technology, announced today the opening of the B&W mPowerTM Fuel Technology Center, an advanced nuclear fuel fabrication technology development facility in Lynchburg
Ruta Sevo: Title IX and the Olympics
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In 1967 Katherine Switzer crashed the all-male Boston marathon wearing an official number. The race organizer chased her, shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” Yet she finished, buffered by her male protectors
RMH to host forum focusing on bipolar disorders on Aug. 7
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RMH Behavioral Health will host the forum “Bipolar Disorders Across the Lifespan” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 in the RMH Lower Level conference rooms
Augusta Health receives patient-safety award
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Augusta Health has received the 2012 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award, ranking in the top 5 percent of all hospitals in the United States in patient safety for the third year in a row
