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Oct 21, 2021

Va. new jobless claims drop under 2,000

Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell dramatically last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Oct. 16, Virginians filed 1,967 initial claims, a decrease of 7,380 claims from the week before. Continued claims totaled 58,421, an increase of 11,954 claims from the previous week. Compared to the same week last year, […]

Oct 15, 2021

Va. new jobless claims nearly flat

Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose slightly more than 7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported late Thursday. For the filing week ending Oct. 9, people filed 10,040 initial claims, an increase of 680 from last week. Continued claims totaled 43,535, a decrease of 484 claims from the previous week. Because of the Monday holiday, […]

Virginia Beach saw a return to normal during the summer, but the hospitality industry expects challenges during the fall and winter. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Oct 7, 2021

Hampton Roads State of the Region report shows slow recovery

The Hampton Roads region is slowly recovering from pandemic-spurred economic distress but has lost a large chunk of its workforce, according to Old Dominion University’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis & Policy’s 2021 State of the Region Report released Tuesday. Hampton Roads’ labor force and individual employment levels peaked in February 2020, only to be […]

Oct 7, 2021

Va. new jobless claims increase slightly

Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose about 7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday, following a 300% surge two weeks ago and then declined to more normal levels last week. For the filing week ending Oct. 2, people filed 9,360 initial claims, an increase of 643 from the week before. Continued claims totaled 44,019, […]

Oct 6, 2021

NoVa biz leaders optimistic about recovery

Northern Virginia businesses are optimistic about economic recovery but are feeling the effects of labor shortages, according to the 2021 Northern Virginia Workforce Index released Wednesday by Northern Virginia Community College and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Fifty-one percent of employers said that they felt “somewhat optimistic” and 24% felt “very optimistic” abo[...]

Aug 10, 2021

VDH officials expect more workplaces to mandate vaccines

More workplaces will likely require employees to be vaccinated once the Food and Drug Administration provides full licensure of the Pfizer vaccine, expected in September, Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccine coordinator, said Tuesday at a Virginia Department of Health media briefing. “COVID is not going to go away after this delta variant,” Avula said, […]

Aug 5, 2021

Va. jobless claims continued to decrease last week

Virginia’s initial and continued unemployment claims continued to slightly decrease last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending July 31, the state recorded 6,029 new jobless claims, down 149 from the previous week, while continued claims totaled 31,960, down 1,643 from the previous week. Compared to the same week last […]

John Brocato, chief financial officer for Charlottesville-based Better Living Inc., helped the building supply company alter its operating procedures for pandemic safety as demand exploded. Photo by Caroline Martin
Jul 30, 2021

Preparing for the worst

Read about the 2021 Virginia CFO Award winners. John Brocato’s coveted tickets to the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament suddenly became void in March 2020 after the ACC canceled the tournament as the COVID-19 pandemic began turning the world on its head. And as the chief financial officer of a small building supply company […]

Jul 28, 2021

Manassas bio research supplier promotes VP to SVP

Manassas-based biological materials management nonprofit ATCC has promoted Joseph Leonelli to senior vice president of ATCC Federal Solutions, it announced Tuesday. Leonelli has been a member of AFS’s executive leadership team since 2015. “Joe’s well-deserved promotion reflects the success he has achieved for our business,” ATCC Chairman and CEO Raymond H. Cypess said in a [&he[...]

Jul 12, 2021

Northam proposes $353M for small biz, tourism relief

Ahead of the General Assembly’s August special session, Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday he wants to spend $353 million of Virginia’s federal relief funding on small business recovery and assisting the tourism industry. Virginia received $4.3 billion in federal funds through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March. The Democratic-controlled General Assembly will […]

Rhodes B. Ritenour
May 14, 2021

Lessons from COVID-19

For most of us, March 13 marked the one-year anniversary of our worlds ceasing to operate normally. We remember institutions closing, schools shuttering, and that last day in the office. These pandemic times have compelled me to reflect, learn and remember. I was making ham biscuits for Easter when I heard Merle Haggard’s song, “Are […]

COVID-19 vaccination shot Photo credit Art Writ, Capital News Service
Apr 30, 2021

Virginia public colleges can mandate COVID vaccines, Va. AG says

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia colleges are beginning to announce mandatory fall COVID-19 vaccine policies following the state attorney general’s opinion that higher education institutes can require the vaccine. Virginia public colleges and universities can mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for faculty and students returning to campus this fall, Attorney General Mark Herring stated in late April.[...]

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