EPA: Virginia Doing Well Overall in Bay Cleanup Goals
Virginia is set to meet its targets to reduce two key pollutants dumped into the Chesapeake Bay, but will fall slightly short of the target to reduce sediment, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency interim assessment and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation agree that this is overall good news for the […]
Florida Supreme Court Decision Welcome News for Travelers and State’s Leading Industry
Tallahassee, FL – The Travel Technology Association (Travel Tech), the national trade association for leaders in the online travel industry, including online travel agents (OTAs) Priceline, Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and others, released the following statement after Florida’s Supreme Court ruled decisively in favor of OTAs today. The court affirmed earlier decisions by the Florida District […]
Virginia Oil and Gas Association Statement on EPA’s Release of its Study of Drinking Water and Hydraulic Fracturing
Virginia’s Natural Gas Industry has made it a priority to focus on the safe and environmentally sound production, extraction, and transportation of the state’s natural gas resources for more than 80 years. At the request of Congress, the US Environmental Protection Agency conducted a five year “state-of-the-science assessment” of available data on hydraulic fracturing across […]
PBMARES' STEELE-WARD JOINS INTACCT ACCOUNTANTS PROGRAM ADVISORY COUNCIL
NEWPORT NEWS, VA (6/9/15) – PBMares, a leading accounting and business consulting firm focused on broad range of accounting business services, announced today that Susan Steele-Ward, CPA, a Manager at the firm, has joined the Intacct Accountants Program Advisory Council (IAPAC). The council is comprised of executives from Intacct, CPA.com, and Intacct partner firms. The […]
Quality Early Education Key To Building Strong Future Workforce (The Free Lance-Star) By Cathy Jett
The workforce pipeline begins as early as kindergarten. Yet one in seven children in the Fredericksburg area arrives there without the basic skills to succeed in school. Those who can’t read well by the third grade are four times more likely to drop out before graduating from high school. And high school dropouts are eight […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – 5.20.15
On May 7th, we hosted our 2015 Legislative Awards Recognition and 91st Anniversary Celebration Dinner in conjunction with our spring Board of Directors meeting in Arlington, where we released our 2015 Legislative Report Card. We were pleased to host over 250 guests as we saluted Virginia’s pro-business legislators for their work during the 2015 General […]
VA Chamber urges Virginia’s Congressional delegation to support Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
TPA is vital because economic growth and job creation at home depend on our ability to sell American goods and services to the 95% of the world’s customers living outside the U.S. Congress must approve TPA in order to make growth-driving trade agreements a reality. TPA letter to Congress -May 2015 -VA
May 2015 Public Policy Briefing
At the Virginia Chamber, we are constantly working on your behalf on both the state and federal levels to ensure that Virginia is the best state in which to do business. This document provides you with a comprehensive update on all of those efforts and is divided into two main sections. The first is an […]
