May 26, 2010
n a letter to McDonnell, Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Colgan (D) wrote last month that he believed McDonnell had done an “excellent job for a first year governor.”
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Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that MeadWestvaco (MWV) will relocate its Center for Packaging Innovation (CPI) from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Richmond, Virginia.
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Governor McDonnell today hailed the awarding of a contract to begin the process of making spot improvements and widening of sections of I-66 inside the Capital Beltway.
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Virginia bucked a national trend and posted a 16 percent increase in visits from overseas travelers in 2009, despite the recession and an overall decrease in international visitors nationally.
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Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Virginia has posted back to back months of revenue growth, marking the first time in two years the Commonwealth has achieved this result.
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The Virginia Film Office was honored May 5th with four marketing awards in a competition sponsored by the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI), the premiere association for film commissions from throughout the world.
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Governor Bob McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, who serves as Virginia’s Chief Jobs Creation Officer, issued a joint statement this afternoon regarding news that Stanley Furniture will lay off 530 workers currently employed at their Henry County plant.
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Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the Virginia Resources Authority’s (VRA) issuance of Series 2010A and 2010B Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund (CWRLF) Bonds to finance $116,385,056 in wastewater treatment and sewer system construction and upgrades for projects across the Commonwealth.
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Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that Virginia Casting Industries, LLC, will invest $9.1 million to establish a ductile iron components manufacturing operation in the City of Radford, creating 300 new jobs.
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As Virginia struggles to emerge from recession, Gov. Bob McDonnell is looking for ways to make state government more efficient.
On Monday night, he’ll come to the Richmond Times-Dispatch for our 29th Public Square. McDonnell will take your questions and hear your suggestions about how to streamline Virginia’s government.
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