Recent Articles from Virginia Business
Roll up your sleeves
These days, convention delegates could find themselves picking up trash along the Chesapeake Bay, feeding the homeless or cutting grass at a local youth shelter. Community service projects ― as well as the chance to inspire team building through cooking classes, wine-tasting seminars and outdoor recreational activities ― are part of a growing trend at meetings and conventions.
Offshore wind: gaining momentum
Hampton Roads would emerge as the main link in a U.S.-based supply chain for the offshore wind industry.
You’ve got to be green
The corporate world often defines successful sustainability efforts with the mantra, “businesses doing well by doing good.”
Alternative materials gain Trex recognition
Alternative materials gain Trex recognition
Road bill raises tax for casual car sales
RICHMOND People who make purchases from automobile dealers aren't the only car buyers who stand to pay higher transaction taxes under Virginia's road funding bill.
McAuliffe qualifies for June Dem primary ballot
RICHMOND Democrat Terry McAuliffe has tendered qualifying petitions bearing 35,746 signatures to the State Board of Elections, giving him an uncontested slot on the June Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot.
Poll: Cuccinelli narrowly leads McAuliffe in gov. race
RICHMOND Ken Cuccinelli is narrowly ahead of Terry McAuliffe, 40 percent to 38 percent, in the Virginia governor’s race for the first time since Quinnipiac University began polling voter attitudes on the contest last November.
Cuccinelli slightly leads McAuliffe in new poll
RICHMOND Ken Cuccinelli is narrowly ahead of Terry McAuliffe, 40 percent to 38 percent, in the Virginia governor's race for the first time since Quinnipiac University began polling voter attitudes on the contest last November, a year before the election.
Groups ask McDonnell to issue felon-voting order
RICHMOND Advocates seeking automatic restoration of voting rights for felons are asking Gov. Bob McDonnell for help after legislation he supported to create that pathway failed this year.