Virginia Business Headlines for Month
- Virginia companies seek paths to reopening amid pandemic
- Alion Science wins $75 million Air Force contract
- Natural gas is key component of Dominion’s carbon-free plan
- Fairfax company lands $54M cybersecurity contract
- Va. hotel revenues dropped by 50% last week
- Veterans Affairs awards Arlington tech company $153M contract
- Atlanta firm acquires Reston telecommunications company
- Autodesk buys Herndon software startup
- Navy awards $87M contract to Herndon company
- GSA awards Fredericksburg company $66M contract
- Va. State Fair canceled for first time since WWII
- InSite Wireless Group acquires Repeater Communications Group
- HealthEdge Software Inc. acquires The Burgess Group LLC
- Va. awards $866K in tourism grants via program promoting safe visiting options amid pandemic
- Manassas electronics manufacturer buys N.Y. company
- Ariz. company acquires Oakton risk management firm
- Calif.-based cybersecurity firm buys Herndon cloud security company
- Leonardo DRS lands $120M Navy contract
- Va. Beach manufacturing company investing $15.8M in expansion
- Perspecta Labs lands $37M defense contract
- Ashburn firm wins Dept. of Homeland Security award
- UPDATED: Nearly 110K Virginia businesses received PPP funds
- Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled
- What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It wasn’t just environmentalism.
- Genworth CEO assures investors that China Oceanwide has ways to complete $2.7 billion deal
Virginia Economy, Government & Education Headlines for Month
- Amherst County launches small business relief program
- State launches $70M fund for small businesses, nonprofits
- Va. sees 5K spike in initial jobless claims
- Small Virginia colleges, university foundations sought relief through PPP loans
- Virginia’s largest school insurer says worker’s compensation is unlikely for teachers who catch COVID-19
- State unemployment trust fund is projected to end the year $750 million in the red
- Nearly 40 percent of Virginia’s child care centers closed during the pandemic. It’s a problem for parents going back to work.
- 1M+ Virginians have filed jobless claims since January
- Fairfax adds $20M to small business relief fund
- Va. first state to adopt statewide emergency workplace safety measures
- Amherst County creates small business relief fund
- State deficit stands at $236.5M, down from $1B spring forecast
- Va. is first Southern state to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- Northam speeds up Virginia’s clean energy timetable
News Headline Sources: Virginia Business, Virginia Mercury, Richmond BizSense, Richmond.com.