Virginia Business Headlines for September
- Landos Biopharma’s promising anti-inflammation drug moves into Phase II trials
- New call center to bring 153 jobs to Brunswick County
- Continental to close Newport News plant by 2024, affecting 740 workers
- Dominion buys two solar projects
- Virginia employers recognized for hiring veterans
- Canadian company purchases two lumber mills in Virginia
- Altria and Philip Morris International end merger talks
- Drug research laboratory planning $63.7 million expansion in Henrico, adding 200 jobs
- Tysons company Tegna completes $740 million deal for 11 TV stations
- 250,000-square-foot cold-storage facility opens in Mount Crawford
- Lab expansion expected to create 200 jobs in Henrico
- Aviation company to expand in Newport News
- Hilb Group acquires Massachusetts insurance agency
- Norfolk Southern confirms furloughs in Roanoke
- Danville grapples with Ikea plant closure
Virginia Economy, Government & Education Headlines for September
- Control of the General Assembly is at stake in pivotal fall election
- Virginia jobless rate dips to 2.8% in August
- Dominion files proposal for 220 offshore wind turbines
- Fed cuts rates again; slow exports could impact Virginia
- Richmond to Washington rail project advances
- State tourism spending on the rise
- Leigh St. regrade, once called project ‘backbone,’ no longer part of Navy Hill proposal
- An expanding Port of Virginia considers new revenue opportunities
- The Richmond region attracts business and national attention
News Headline Sources: Richmond BizSense, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, Virginia Business, The Virginian Pilot