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Top Five: October 2025
Virginia Business //September 29, 2025//
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Aug. 9 through Sept. 9 included news of a new medical school launching at the University of Mary Washington.
1 | Virginia Chamber CEO resigns after 4 months
After serving as the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s president and CEO since April 1, Cathie Vick left to pursue other opportunities. (Aug. 12)
2 | Mary Washington Healthcare, UMW plan to launch medical school
Mary Washington Healthcare and the University of Mary Washington plan to launch a new medical school, a move designed to address a shortage of physicians in the Fredericksburg region. (Aug. 20)
3 | U.S. government halts nearly complete offshore wind farm. Is Virginia’s next?
After the Trump administration ordered a halt to work on a $4 billion offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut, Virginians wondered if Dominion Energy‘s $10.9 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind could face similar peril. (Aug. 25)
4 | Ex-Virginia House Speaker Gilbert resigns as U.S. attorney after 1 month
Todd Gilbert, the former Republican speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, resigned Aug. 20 as U.S attorney for the Western District of Virginia. (Aug. 21)
5 | Trump administration withdraws $39.27 million for Norfolk offshore wind project
The Trump administration withdrew $39.27 million in federal funding that had previously been awarded for an offshore wind logistics port in Norfolk and attempted to terminate $20 million in funding for a project that had already been completed in Portsmouth. (Sept. 2)
