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Iluka Resources plans major mining operation in Dinwiddie County
Richmond Times-DispatchIluka Resources, an Australia-based mining and minerals company, is planning a decade-long dig in Dinwiddie County for titanium and zircon, two minerals that give bathtubs their whiteness and automobiles their colors. The company said Friday that it...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral, Automotive Equipment, Chaparral Steel Company, Dinwiddie County
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Cuccinelli says coal, rollback of EPA regs and drilling offshore core of his agenda
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.Coal, a rollback on environmental regulations and access to offshore oil would be at the core of Republican Ken Cuccinelli's agenda if elected Virginia's next governor, the candidate said during a local stop Thursday. Cuccinelli , the state's current...Tags: Energy, Mining, Business Enterprises, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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EDITORIAL: Spreading stain of political gifts
The Virginian-PilotThe steady stream of uncomfortable revelations tying Gov. Bob McDonnell ever closer to a controversial political donor have all but ensured federal authorities will investigate the relationship for most, if not all, of what's left of the governor's term....Tags: Elections, Regional Authority, The Washington Post, New Products, Government
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Virginia unemployment drops to 5.2 percent
Virginia's unemployment rate hit a 54-month low of 5.2 percent for April, according to numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. The commonwealth's unemployment rate is 2.3 percentage points lower than the national average of 7.5...Tags: Unemployment Rate, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Hampton Roads, Labor Markets
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Va. seeks adoptive parents
Richmond Times-DispatchA matchmaking effort is under way in Virginia to find parents for the roughly 1,000 children eligible for adoption. There are about 4,300 children younger than 18 in Virginia's foster care system, but about a quarter of them are eligible to be adopted,...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Government, Adoption, Executive Branch, Family
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HRTPO looks to leverage transportation money
CHESAPEAKE — Regional leaders discussed how to make the most of transportation money available to them Thursday at the board retreat of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization. With a little leverage, the estimated $200 million in...Tags: Traffic, Hampton Roads, Transportation, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization
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GOP gathers to whittle field of Va. candidates
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.Some 13,000 Republicans are about to convene on Richmond this weekend. When the smoke clears from their two-day convention, the GOP will have whittled its lieutenant governor field down from seven to one and picked an attorney general candidate out of...Tags: Bill Bolling, Stafford County, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Prince William County
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McDonnell's approval dips, but voters shrug at gifts
The Virginian-PilotAlthough Gov. Bob McDonnell's job approval numbers have declined to their lowest point in two years, according to a poll, his reputation doesn't seem seriously damaged by questions swirling about his relationship to a political donor who has given gifts...Tags: The Washington Post, Regional Authority, Elections, Timothy M. Kaine, Government
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McDonnell's approval rating dips in poll
Richmond Times-DispatchGov. Bob McDonnell's job approval rating dipped slightly in a poll released Wednesday, amid increased scrutiny of the governor's relationship with a high-dollar campaign donor -- an issue that more of those surveyed view as "just politics" than a "major...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Regional Authority, Elections
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New transportation funds to benefit Hampton Roads by early 2014
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that the commonwealth's newest six-year transportation projects plan included an additional $4 billion that will be generated by the comprehensive transportation funding package passed by the General Assembly in...
Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation, Highway Transportation, Greenbrier, Hampton Roads, Transportation
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James City to plan how to grow agricultural businesses
A $20,000 grant will help James City County develop a plan to grow agricultural businesses. The money from the governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund will help the county take a comprehensive look at how to protect and...Tags: Government, Agriculture, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Natural Resource Industry
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Governor touts new roads money for Virginia
RICHMOND – Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that HB 2313, the transportation funding bill he signed into law this week, went into immediate action when the Commonwealth Transportation Board released the state’s working draft of the 2014-...
Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Transportation
May 18, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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