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State Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Saturday February 17, 2024 ( 6 items )  

City of Alexandria Releases Potomac Yard Entertainment District Impact Study
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Today, the City of Alexandria released the Potomac Yard Economic and Fiscal Impact Study (https://alexandriaecon.org/wp-content/uploads/Potomac-Yard-Impact-Analysis_021624-Release.pdf), prepared for the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership by HR&A Advisors (HR&A). The purpose of the study was to assess both the economic and fiscal impacts of planned development at the Pot  more

Va. Gov. Youngkin: Global Tech Solutions Manufacturer to Expand in Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that TTM Technologies, Inc., a global technology solutions manufacturer, will invest $13.4 million to expand in Loudoun County. The company is consolidating and modernizing its U.S. facilities to maximize current and future growth and will expand its workforce at its bare printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Sterling. The project   more

W.Va. Gov. Justice Announces Construction to Begin on State's First Elk Visitor Center
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) has awarded a $6.7 million contract to the March-Westin Company, Inc. of Morgantown to construct a new Tomblin Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center and Elk Viewing Platform in Logan County. Construction on the new facility will begin this spring with an anticipated opening in  more

W.Va. Gov. Justice Appoints Ann Urling as Interim Inspector General for Departments of Health, Human Services, and Health Facilities
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice today announced the appointment of Ann Urling as the Interim Inspector General for the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Health Facilities. Urling, the Governor's Deputy Chief of Staff, is a dedicated public servant with extensive experience in government operations and accountability. She will be responsible for leading the independent oversigh  more

W.Va. Gov. Justice Issues Statement on Closing of Cleveland-Cliffs Weirton Facility
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. Jim Justice issued the following statement today following the news that Cleveland-Cliffs is closing their Weirton facility: "The news of Cleveland-Cliffs closing their Weirton operation hits me like a ton of bricks. Nearly 900 West Virginia jobs are lost; it's a gut punch to families, to the community and to our state's very spirit. And it's all because of an unwise, irrespons  more

West Virginia Legislature: This Week in the House of Delegates
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 17 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: The legislative deadline for members of the West Virginia House of Delegates to introduce bills passed this week as committees continued to deliberate and move those proposals through the legislative process. A bill that would help provide funds for employees of childcare centers to pay for childcare themselves advanced from the House Committee on Senior, Children and Family   more