Virginia Business Headlines for January
- Union Bank gets regulatory green light for $610 million deal
- Company plans to create hundreds of Danville jobs
- $10.3 million project will add 61 jobs to plant’s staff
- Autonomous food delivery robots make their way to George Mason University
- Machining and fabrication company adding 35 jobs in Southwest Virginia
- Klöckner Pentaplast investing $25 million to expand in Louisa County
- New co-working space coming to Norfolk
- Virginia’s medical cannabis firms banding together
- Microsoft Corp. plans a sixth expansion of its data center in Mecklenburg County
- Companies thinking big after raising a combined $52 million
- Blacksburg's Torc Robotics helps launch self-driving shuttle bus service in France
- Manassas flooring company acquired for $43 million
Virginia Economy & Government Headlines for January
- Unemployment dips in most Virginia metro areas
- Statue to honor Southwest Virginia businesswoman
- Northern Virginia road projects get $1 billion investment
- Casino legislation clears first hurdle in Virginia Senate after significant changes
- Massive solar proposal goes to Spotsylvania supervisors
- Senate OKs bill to boost IT jobs in Southwest Virginia
- Senate panel rejects ban on offshore oil drilling
- Senate kills bill to raise minimum wage in a party-line vote
- Farrell pitches Coliseum plan to brokers group at CCV
- Pamunkey tribe says it's willing to jumpstart Norfolk casino project under commercial gaming law
- Surprise bi-partisan vote sends bill to raise minimum wage to full Senate
- Lawmakers tout plan for casinos in Bristol, Danville and Portsmouth
- Port of Virginia numbers hold steady in 2018
- Gov. Northam backs plan to fund I-81 improvements with tolls
- Virginia's casino question: Move fast to grab gambling dollars? Or slow down and study?
- Major VMFA expansion gets boost in Northam’s budget
- Roanoke unveils plan for new bus station, train depot, shops, offices, apartments, all downtown
News Headline Sources: Richmond BizSense, Virginia Business