Liz Povar is a former senior executive with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, past chair of Virginia Ed ...

A new VCU poll gives the Democratic candidate for governor a lead of 7 percentage points, but State Navigate, in its inaugural poll, says 13 points. Here’s why they’re different.

Unemployment is projected to rise to 5.0% with virtually no job growth expected in 2026 and very little in 2027, according to an economic forecast from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service ...

The Danville City Council member was moved out of the intensive care unit earlier this month, after being set on fire in July.

The Sunny Valley subdivision will help fill the gap in housing needed for the growing workforce, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.

A Scott County business is expanding again, this time investing $35 million in its Duffield manufacturing campus. The move will create 200 jobs. VFP is a producer of custom-designed enclosures used to ...

By law, the new governor must produce a statewide economic development plan in her first year. But in today’s environment, the traditional 12-month, top-down report is too slow and too ...

A Martinsville robotics team is poised to impact the world of competitive robotics. The New College Institute’s STAGS Robot Team 1262 has recently made waves in the world of competitive robotics, ...

Companies need to put more resources into keeping their products and networks secure, say Virginia Tech IT experts Thomas Weeks and Caeland Garner. In the meantime, we can be smarter consumers.

Three new economic reports that came out last week suggest that Virginia’s next governor is going to have to spend a lot of her time dealing with a sluggish economy. The states ...

Sharing an upbeat approach, with market research to back it up, are owners of three new businesses: Be Wiched, Southern Seasons and an additional Starlings Cards and Comics location.

H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” — fundamentally reshapes federal student aid. For Virginia’s economy, these federal changes threaten to shrink ...