Business Briefs – Week of April 3-7
April 7th, 2017

Chamber

In Virginia, the Trump effect on environment is beginning to come into focus Pilot

Poll finds overwhelming support for Chesapeake Bay cleanup “blueprint” Pilot

Chambers to hold roundtable discussion April 18 Gazette-Virginian

People – April 2017 Virginia Business

Kaine talks budget priorities with local business leaders Free Lance-Star

Local GO Virginia board meets for first time at Port, elects business executives to lead it Pilot

‘GO Virginia’ Organizes In The Valley Daily News Record

 

Virginia Policy

Editorial: Partnering for jobs Free Lance-Star

Sen. Frank Ruff Letter: Business Development in Virginia Gazette Virginian

Medicaid expansion blocked again, but new health care debate takes shape RTD

New laws are expected to boost solar development in Virginia Virginia Business

 

Federal Policy

Rep. Wittman fears budget inaction would hurt shipyard Daily Press

Bipartisan leadership in three states asks for approval of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Nelson County Times

FERC plans June release of final environmental statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline Roanoke Times

 Former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore on shortlist for ambassador to Germany WaPo

 

Elections

Ralph Northam: Do the right thing; expand Medicaid Pilot

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses Tom Perriello in Virginia governor’s race WaPo

Ed Gillespie supports Atlantic Coast Pipeline Press Release & Letter

 

Business News

New state economic chief brings rural background to table Daily Press

HRSD project could be a jobs-making machine, McAuliffe says Pilot

Uranium lawsuit heading to trial in Virginia Danville Register & Bee

Jeffrey Lacker, president of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, resigns after acknowledging he discusses confidential info in 2012 call RTD

Rural Loudoun grapples with connectivity as world’s data flows through high-tech east Loudoun Times

Poquoson native Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson hopes to ‘move the needle’ Daily Press

Demand from steelmakers boosts coal shipments Daily Press

Amid rate-freeze dust-up, how do Dominion’s electric prices stack up? RTD

Virginia employers sought 32,000 tech workers in 4th quarter of 2016: Report Inside Business