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Nightingale Ice Cream cancels expansion plans
Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches has canceled plans for a $5.8 million expansion into a new Richmond facility.
OurView: Will AI spell lights out for white-collar workers?
Perhaps the greatest symbol of tech companies’ uncanny valley visions or the AI-powered future are dark factories — also called lights-out factories, these AI-managed manufacturing plants are so fully automated that machines perform their work in full or near darkness 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without breaks — and largely without humans. […]
Ford hits the pedal on EV production with $2 billion overhaul of Kentucky plant
Ford will invest $2B to retool its Louisville plant for affordable electric trucks, aiming for profitability and faster production by 2027.
Virginia Beach distributor to close, laying off 104 workers
Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Dominion Distributors is set to close in September, laying off 104 people.
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Trump removed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after weak job numbers, accusing her of political bias. The agency's past data was also sharply revised down.
BLS: Virginia only state with notable June jobless rate increase
Virginia was the only state last month to see its unemployment rates increase, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Smithfield Foods to move 115 jobs to Virginia
Smithfield Foods announced Tuesday that it's bringing about 115 jobs to Virginia’s Tidewater region over the coming months.
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months
Unemployment claims rose to 247,000, an 8-month high, as tariff uncertainty and corporate job cuts weigh on the U.S. labor market and economic outlook.
Nightingale ice cream expansion to add 166 jobs
Nightingale Ice Cream Sandwiches is investing $5.8 million to move to a new facility in Richmond and expects to create 166 jobs.
Amazon fulfillment center in Goochland to create 1,000+ jobs
Gov. Glenn Youngkin participated Wednesday in a ceremonial groundbreaking for Amazon.com's 3.1 million-square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Goochland County, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time and part-time jobs.
Virginia could lose 32,000 jobs in 2025, U.Va. estimates
Virginia may lose 32,000 jobs in 2025 amid federal cuts and rising unemployment, according to a new forecast by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Virginia unemployment claims rise amid federal layoffs
Virginia jobless claims rose in early May, with experts citing federal spending cuts, tariffs and contract reductions as key factors in the surge.
