Recent Articles from Virginia Business
Shortchanging justice?
Virginia doesn’t have enough local judges to keep up with the workload, and so far, it hasn’t found enough money to fill all its vacancies.
Who invited Basel III?
Basel III is the third installment of a set of international bank regulations developed in Basel, Switzerland, in reaction to the global financial crisis in 2008-09.
Living by the Golden Rule
Accounting Principals-Richmond named the commonwealth’s best large company at which to work in 2013.
Skin in the game
NES Associates is the 2013 Virginia Business Best Places to Work in the Midsize companies category.
Keeping the door open
Bob Eisiminger, the president and CEO of Knight Point Systems LLC, is passionate about creating a culture “that has a small-company feel; a company that feels like family.”
Port operations bill sails out of Senate committee
RICHMOND An omnibus bill affecting governance of Virginia’s ports, as well as proposals to privatize operations there, sailed through choppy procedural waters and out of the Senate Transportation Committee Wednesday.
Va. House panel kills cellphone tracking bill
RICHMOND A House subcommittee this evening voted down a bill that would have required a search warrant for law enforcement to track someone using their cellphone.
State aid for Va. Beach arena gets committee’s OK
RICHMOND State legislation is moving forward to help Virginia Beach build a sports and entertainment arena that could attract a national sports franchise. Del. Ron Villanueva’s bill (HB2320) would allow the city to issue bonds to build an arena and to receive state income and sales tax revenue generated by the facility to repay the bonds.
Va. Beach smoking bill passes state Senate panel
RICHMOND Chic's Beach native Donny Damon traded his laid-back style for a blazer and tie and made his way to Richmond today, where he presented to a panel of state senators two water jugs crammed full of 16,000 cigarette butts. It took just three months to fill them, Damon said. And they all came from his seven-block span of sand lining the Chesapeake Bay.