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, […]
WARNER’S, WITTMAN’S BAY CLEANUP BILL APPROVED BY SENATE (DAILY PRESS)
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill sponsored by Senator Mark Warner and Representative Rob Wittman to improve how Washington tracks Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts and promote more collaboration in that effort. The Chesapeake Bay Accountability Act now heads to the House of Representatives. It requires the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a […]
Chamber Briefings Newsletter – November 2014
On November 10th, the General Assembly met for a one-day special session to elect judges and address further cuts to the budget due to the $2.4 billion budget shortfall. The House and Senate also both passed legislation to allow insurance companies to renew health insurance plans in 2015 that were cancelled under the Affordable Care Act. Governor […]
