On December 21, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam announced Virginia was named the state of the year for Overall Business Climate. This ranking, from Business Facilities magazine,...
On December 21, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam continued Virginia’s public education campaign and enforcement effort to spread awareness and deter drunk driving during the holiday season....
RICHMOND, VA – On December 21, 2021, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced he has chosen Caren Merrick to serve as the next Secretary of Commerce and Trade...
If your organization’s passion is making a difference in your community and you want to save lives, consider applying for a highway safety grant from the...
Governor Ralph Northam announced on December 20, 2021, eight projects that will receive nearly $160,000 in funding through the inaugural round of the Governor’s Agriculture and...
Governor Ralph Northam announced on December 20, 2021, more than $3.6 million in Growth and Opportunity for Virginia (GO Virginia) grants to support thirteen projects focused...
Virginia Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced on Monday, December 20, 2021, that he has selected Aimee Rogstad Guidera to serve as the new Secretary of Education....
On December 17, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam announced that crews may have located the 1887 time capsule of Confederate artifacts on Monument Avenue in Richmond at...
Governor Ralph Northam announced on December 17, 2021, that Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent in November, which is 2.4 percentage points below the rate...
On December 16, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam continued his ‘Thank You, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that his proposed budget will include $150 million to expand the Virginia...
RICHMOND, Va. — From hand sanitizer and vaccines to groceries and toilet paper, truck drivers are trucking through the COVID-19 pandemic despite a historic labor shortage....
On December 16, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam proposed his biennial budget for 2022-2024. The proposed budget is a reflection of Governor Northam’s historic progressive leadership as...
On December 15, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam continued his ‘Thank you, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that his proposed budget includes $10 million to conserve historic and cultural...
On December 14, 2021, Dale Comer, Jr., 42, of Page County has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was convicted of 26 counts...
On December 14, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam continued his ‘Thank You, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that unprecedented economic strength is enabling the Commonwealth to both invest in...
RICHMOND (December 13, 2021) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring is holding two gas stations accountable for alleged price gouging of gasoline during the Colonial Pipeline...
On December 13, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam announced new grants that will advance Virginia 90% to the goal of achieving universal access to broadband and high-speed...
November was a productive month for The Port of Virginia® as it processed nearly 291,000 TEUs (twenty-foot-equivalent units) and began moving forward on expanding its rail...
RICHMOND (December 10, 2021) —Governor Ralph Northam today continued his ‘Thank You, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that his proposed two-year state budget will include $27.4 million to...
RICHMOND (December 10, 2021) – Attorney General Herring issued the below statement following this morning’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that allows legal challenges brought by healthcare...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced Qualtrics, an experienced management software company, will invest $15.9 million to expand in Fairfax County. Virginia successfully competed with Pennsylvania and...
RICHMOND (December 9, 2021) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today that more than 12,300 borrowers who were harmed by the open-end credit lending practices...
RICHMOND (December 9, 2021) – In an important environmental-related official opinion issued at the request of Senator Ghazala Hashmi, Attorney General Mark R. Herring clearly establishes...
RICHMOND (December 8, 2021) – Richmond Drywall Installers Inc., a subcontractor that has been working on the new General Assembly Building, has pleaded guilty to felony...
On December 8, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam continued the ‘Thank You, Virginia’ tour, announcing that he is proposing a two-year budget that will include nearly $245...
On December 7, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam continued his ‘Thank You, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that his proposed two-year state budget will include the largest dollar investment...
On December 7, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam released the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, providing a foundational and fundamental step towards protecting Virginia’s coast. Virginia’s coastal...
On December 6, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam launched his ‘Thank You, Virginia’ Tour, announcing that he will propose a two-year state budget next week that includes...
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam announced December 5, 2021, the Commonwealth will remove the pedestal that formerly displayed the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, as part...
RICHMOND — Staff shortages, unfinished learning, and enrollment loss are identified as the top pandemic-related challenges facing Virginia’s public schools in the state Board of Education’s...