
Inconvenient Truth: Why don’t we hear anything about Al Gore?
Al Gore, one of the first recognizable faces of the environmental movement, sent ripples throughout the political world with An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.

Al Gore, one of the first recognizable faces of the environmental movement, sent ripples throughout the political world with An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Friday that Microsoft Corp. will invest $402.4 million to expand its data center site in Mecklenburg County and increase capacity to serve its growing customer base.

With gun violence in America at epidemic proportions and a seemingly do-nothing Congress beholden to the gun lobby refusing to act, a group of the nation’s top constitutional scholars, organized by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS), sent a letter to the White House calling on President Obama to take executive action to curb gun violence.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that NorrisBuilt Fabrication LLC will invest $1.5 million to expand its welding and fabrication operation in Wise County.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced this week that TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), a leading provider of customer experience, engagement and growth solutions, will invest $4.07 million to establish a customer experience center in Scott County. Virginia successfully competed against North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee for the project, which will create 300 new jobs.

Xpress Natural Gas (XNG) will invest $7.8 million to establish a natural gas supply operation in the Appomattox Center for Business and Commerce in Appomattox County. Virginia successfully competed against Pennsylvania for the project, which will create 50 new jobs.

Jordan Ellis scored from three yards out in the third overtime to propel Virginia to a 44-38 win over Syracuse Saturday in front of what was left of an announced homecoming crowd of 39,000 .

Although Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Virginia “dodged a bullet” with Hurricane Joaquin, farmers still got hit with crop damage. Above-average rainfall the last week of September through Oct. 4 prevented harvest activity and potentially damaged soybeans, cotton, peanuts and tobacco.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Schaffner MTC Transformers, a developer and manufacturer of standard and custom components and high-performance transformers, will invest $3.1 million to expand its operation in the Town of Wytheville in Wythe County.

A Virginia Commonwealth University professor has been awarded a nearly $1.5 million grant to expand the Richmond region’s capacity to prevent HIV and substance abuse, particularly among young African-Americans.
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