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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced on December 29th, 2009, that signed loan agreements are in place for all of Virginia’s water quality funds received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and 35 projects are under contract or construction.Virginia is the second state in the nation to complete contracts for water quality projects that received [...]

Hours after some of Virginia’s top GOP elected leaders made public a letter they sent to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine asking him not to include tax increases in the budget he will present Dec. 18, Kaine has responded. In his response, the governor does not rule out the possibility that proposals to raise new revenue [...]

Governor Timothy M. Kaine last week announced the allocation of $40 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to implement the Virginia State Energy Plan (SEP), a blueprint for funding energy-related initiatives throughout Virginia. The funding will help create jobs, encourage energy conservation, and promote alternative energy generation through rebates to residential and [...]

Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced last week that Virginia will remain in first place as Forbes.com’s “Best State for Business.” It is the fourth consecutive year Virginia has been top ranked. The Commonwealth finished in the top 10 in 3 of the 6 categories examined in the review, which was published September 23rd. “With our [...]

Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced that Virginia has been awarded $912,658 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through its new State Health Access Program (SHAP) to provide greater access to affordable health coverage for workers in Virginia’s small firms. The federal award will increase each year of the five-year grant period to [...]