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We are introducing bipartisan legislation, Startup Act 2.0 on Tuesday — to help jump-start the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses. We want to prove the critics…
U.S. Senators introduced Startup Act 2.0 May 22, which is aimed to boost entrepreneurship throughout the country. The Business Journals’ Washington Bureau reports that the act is similar to the…
Much of the time, Congress is, well, Congress. Gridlocked, combative, dysfunctional are only three of the adjectives that might be routinely applied. But some days, like Tuesday, there is a…
It is not often that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, organized labor and small-business executives can agree. However, all these groups in March joined in…
There have been some promising developments in the Senate over the past few days. First, the chamber passed a two-year federal highway bill on a lopsidedly bipartisan vote of 74-22.…
The Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal sits near the intersection of Interstates 66 and 81 in the northern Shenandoah Valley, and it helps link truck traffic from the U.S.…
Sen. Mark R. Warner said Friday that the Charlottesville region would be one of the biggest beneficiaries in the state if his legislative efforts to boost startup companies are successful.…
Charlottesville's Mikro, Inc. is a great company most people probably have never heard of: its advanced manufacturing processes allow it to produce cutting-edge, clean energy wind turbines and sophisticated medical…
The proposals borrow from past Obama initiatives and from bipartisan legislation that has either already passed in the House or is being proposed in the Senate. Obama’s package includes proposals…
Around the world, more than two-billion people are at serious health risks every day due to the lack of clean drinking water, and many of those people live in India.…