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June marks the 100 year anniversary of the minimum wage. We should take this occasion to recognize an even more dispiriting fact about the low-wage workforce: It could have been a thing of the past
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News from the U.S. Senate campaign trail from George Allen and Tim Kaine, including statements from the candidates on the latest jobs report
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I’ve pointed out the sad fact that while Mr. Goodlatte is a Republican, he’s grown and expanded government for nearly 20 years
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State-government revenues rose 10.6 percent in April over the same month a year ago. On a year-to-date basis, total revenue collections have risen 5.9 percent, ahead of the revised annual forecast of 4.6 percent growth
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Gov. Bob McDonnell signed agriculture and forestry development legislation passed during the recently concluded 2012 session of the General Assembly
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Gov. Bob McDonnell submitted his amendments to the budget passed by the General Assembly during the 2012 special session
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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…
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Prices at the pump continued their surprising spring slide this week, dropping from a high of $3.94 per gallon on April 6 to below year ago prices for the first time since October 26, 2009 (a 910-day streak). The national average price for regular grade gasoline dropped a nickel this week to $3.83 per gallon…
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A new TV ad from the Opportunity Virginia PAC touts Republican efforts to boost the Virginia economy. The ad follows last week’s announcement that the March 2012 unemployment rate in Virginia fell to 5.6 percent, down substantially from the Commonwealth’s peak unemployment rate of 7.2 percent in January 2010. With the national unemployment rate hovering…
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Prices at the pump continued to stabilize, even retreat in some areas of the country, this week, leading many to wonder if 2012 gas prices have peaked weeks shy of when 2011 prices peaked. The national average price for regular grade gasoline dropped 2 cents this week to $3.88 per gallon Friday, marking the third…
