Evan Jones
Virginia Lottery officials say 5,000 retailers statewide are not enough — or at least not ideal. News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones reports they’re looking for more.
The 95 new Dynax America jobs coming to Botetourt County are certainly welcome, but the county is taking additional steps in efforts to attract still more new business. Details from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
A Botetourt County plant is preparing to expand, and that will mean almost 100 new jobs over the next three years. The expansion work will begin later this year, and the new jobs are expected to pay more than $34,000 a year. News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones has the story.
Roanoke County Schools will remain accredited as a school system, the result of an outside evaulation team’s visit this week. News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones has the story.
The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has charged 202 Market with allowing a striptease act, and the case now heads for a hearing. More from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
Governor McDonnell is just over one year into office, but he’s already getting peppered with questions regarding a possible Vice-Presidential nomination in 2012. McDonnell appeared on Washington radio station WTOP Wednesday morning, where host Mark Segraves quickly asked if the governor would be interested in the Republican V.P. nomination next year.
Efforts are now underway in Virginia and many other states to change how electoral votes will be cast in future presidential elections. Supporters of change want Virginia to assign its electoral votes to the candidate with the highest popular vote nationwide. They say it makes every vote equal. But the plan’s critics say the current system assures that states maintain an important role in the federal system. The story from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
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The Ten Commandments are down once again in Giles County Schools, but that does not mean the legal battle is over. The latest from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
Freight Car America’s Roanoke facility has a big order that will mean about 200 jobs. And local economic development officials hope this time, these jobs will last. The story from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.
The announcement came Monday at a news conference in Richmond.
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Virginia Democrats await word from former governor Tim Kaine on whether he will run for the Senate seat Jim Webb will leave in 2012. If Kaine does jump in, he’ll have to do some of the very things that, by most accounts, Webb does not seem to savor. More on that from News/Talk 960’s Evan Jones.