Virginia SCC Approves Dominion’s Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center: What it Means for the Commonwealth
November 26, 2025 – Yesterday afternoon, the Virginia State Corporation Commission officially approved Dominion Energy’s plan to build a new 944-megawatt natural-gas peaker plant in Chesterfield County, the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center (CERC). This decision marks an important step toward strengthening Virginia’s energy infrastructure at a time of rapidly growing demand. In September, Keith Martin, […]
Commission on Unemployment Compensation Workgroup Convenes Inaugural Meeting
On September 18, the Commission on Unemployment Compensation’s Adjustments to Weekly Benefits Workgroup met for the first time. Created by legislation from the 2025 General Assembly session, the workgroup is tasked to study making annual adjustments, based on the average weekly wage, to individual weekly benefit amounts for unemployment compensation. The workgroup received two presentations […]
Virginia Chamber Statement on Federal Government Shutdown
RICHMOND, VA – Today, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Interim President and Chief Executive Officer Keith Martin released the following statement on the federal government shutdown: “The Virginia Chamber of Commerce urges leaders in Washington to work together and find a bipartisan solution to end the current federal government shutdown. A shutdown will inflict immediate […]
Virginia Prepares for Fiscal Shifts Ahead
The Senate Finance and Appropriations, House Appropriations, and House Finance Committees Governor Youngkin’s Fiscal Assessment Governor Glenn Youngkin presented his assessment of Virginia’s fiscal position to the Joint Money Committee, identifying four key points about the Commonwealth’s financial standing: Financial Position: Virginia has generated $10 billion in excess revenue through consecutive surpluses, with a $4.7 […]
Learn More From our 2025 Virginia Healthcare Conference Sponsors
Below, please find a resource library for additional materials from our 2025 Virginia Healthcare Conference: Genentech Genentech Video: LINK HERE Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Care in Arlington, Virginia: LINK HERE PhRMA PhRMA MAT One-Pager: LINK HERE Virginia Rural Health Association Rural Health Voice Conference Save the Date: LINK HERE
Governor Youngkin Finalizes 2025 Legislative Actions: What Virginia’s Business Community Needs to Know
Bills signed by the Governor on May 2 of interest to the business community include: HB 1730 (Delaney) and SB 894 (Perry/Obenshain) create a new legal standard that could employers liable for injury or death of a “vulnerable victim” that resulted from the criminal conduct of an employee. As defined in the bill, a “vulnerable […]
Virginia Chamber Board Hosts VA250 Commission National Honorary Chair
On May 6, we were honored to host the Virginia Chamber’s Board of Directors meeting at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. We were honored to welcome Carly Fiorina, National Honorary Chair of the VA250 Commission, as our special guest speaker. Her insights on leadership, civic responsibility, and the Commonwealth’s role in the upcoming 250th anniversary […]
Virginia’s New Permitting Dashboard Solidifies Virginia’s Status as the Top State for Business
Business thrives on transparency. Running a business requires careful planning, and it’s impossible to plan if good information isn’t readily available. One area that has traditionally been very non-transparent is the permitting process. Businesses require a wide variety of permits to operate, but permit applications often seem to sit in a black box for months […]
A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers
A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Blue Ridge Partnership for Health Science Careers, which was founded in 2019 in response to the region’s urgent need for health care workers. A program developed in […]
Partnerships Needed to Strengthen Dental Workforce
Partnerships Needed to Strengthen Dental Workforce By Ryan Dunn Imagine if your local hospital employed more doctors than nurses. The ratio would likely turn the efficiency of care on its head, not to mention create the kind of fiscal havoc that could put internal accounting departments into wholesale cardiac arrest. Even so, a version of […]
