Governor McAuliffe Announces $17.5 Million Federal Preschool Expansion Grant
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 10, 2014 Office of the Governor Contact: Brian Coy Email: Brian.Coy@governor.virginia.gov Governor McAuliffe Announces $17.5 Million Federal Preschool Expansion Grant RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Virginia has been awarded a $17.5 million federal Preschool Expansion Grant […]
PBMARES NAMED TO INSIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING’S TOP 200 FIRMS
RICHMOND, VA (12/9/14) — PBMares, LLP – a Virginia-based accounting and business consulting firm – has been named to Inside Public Accounting’s (IPA) 2014 Top 200 Firms. This is Inside Public Accounting’s fifth annual ranking of the 200 largest accounting firms in the nation. Ranked by U.S. net revenue, PBMares is the 110 largest accounting firm in the U.S. and […]
Va. Chamber to Monitor Employment, Economic Data (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has formed a nonprofit foundation with duties that will include surveying, collecting and providing more information on the state’s economy and job market. The Virginia Chamber of Commerce Foundation also will work with the Virginia Employment Commission and other statewide associations and local chambers to conduct the survey, which will […]
“To Be Globally Competitive, Business Must Make Education Reform a Participatory Sport” by Jim Dyke
The K-12 Education Subcommittee met this fall to consider creative and results-oriented ideas that would produce the greatest improvements to Virginia’s Pre K-12 education system. This subcommittee assembled a series of recommendations that will help guide Virginia’s business and community leaders to support results-oriented action in Virginia’s Public Schools. For a list of the recommendations click here.
VIRGINIA CHAMBER PRESIDENT & CEO BARRY DUVAL OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR BLUEPRINT VIRGINIA AT 2014 VIRGINIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT ON DEC. 5TH IN WILLIAMSBURG
2014 Virginia Economic Summit: Barry DuVal on “What’s Next for Blueprint Virginia”
VIRGINIA CHAMBER FOUNDATION WILL FACILITATE STUDY TO IDENTIFY FUTURE JOBS AND CRITICAL SKILLS NEEDS
CONTACT: Cyndi Miracle, VP, Marketing Phone: 804-237-1466, Cell: 804-691-5663 c.miracle@vachamber.com (Embargoed until 9:00 a.m. Dec. 5th) VIRGINIA CHAMBER FOUNDATION WILL FACILITATE STUDY TO IDENTIFY FUTURE JOBS AND CRITICAL SKILLS NEEDS Foundation to Launch Four New Initiatives to Help Strengthen Virginia’s Economic Competitiveness Richmond, VA (Dec. 5, 2014) The Virginia Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced […]
SLOW PACE OF DRONE REGULATIONS FRUSTRATES INVENTIVE INDUSTRY
Amazon and Google want to use them deliver packages. Farmers want to use them to inspect their fields. Movie makers want to use them to create spectacular shots. Researchers hope to use them for environmental reporting. The United States has the potential to be a global leader in drone or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). However, […]
Trade Gains from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (National Center for Policy Analysis)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement that would expand American trade with nations in the Asia-Pacific region, generating more trade than the NAFTA agreement (between the United States, Canada and Mexico) currently does. The TPP countries include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Alyson Cuervo, […]
Warner: “All Vehicles” Should Fund Transportation (Daily Press)
U.S. Senator Mark Warner suggests a two prong approach to refilling the nation’s transportation funding coffers. First, “include all vehicles” when it comes to raising money for the dwindling Highway Trust Fund, which gets its money now from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes. Second, Senator Warner’s BRIDGE Act would “create an independent infrastructure financing authority […]
Charles Todd: The Economics of Early Childhood Education (Virginia Capitol Connections)
The Economics of Early Childhood Education by Charles C. Todd, Jr. — In mid October, The Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation presented a program at the University of Richmond highlighting why the business community should care about early childhood education. About 100 interested citizens including members of the General Assembly, […]
