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The Virginia General Assembly voted this week to prohibit insurers from offering abortion coverage in federally managed health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. The Women’s Strike Force strongly opposes this action, aimed at expanding government intrusion into women’s healthcare decisions. Richmond, Virginia (PRWEB) April 05, 2013 Leaders of the Women’s Strike Force today condemned the Virginia General Assembly and Governor Bob McDonnell for their joint...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that Eileen C. McDonnell has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Ms. McDonnell becomes the seventh member of the Board of Directors. Ms. McDonnell currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company since her appointment to that position in February, 2011. She joined Penn Mutual in 2008 and previously served as...
- NATSO and ATA lead successful campaign in opposition to tolling - RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations and NATSO, representing America's travel plazas and truckstops, praised the Virginia General Assembly for taking a stand against tolling of existing interstates. The transportation legislation that passed today by the Virginia General Assembly puts an end to the Virginia Department of Transportation's plan to toll...
SALEM, Va., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginians are not favorably inclined toward Gov. Bob McDonnell's transportation funding/tax plan, but they don't like other revenue enhancers either, according to The Roanoke College Poll. Virginia residents are more likely to agree with McDonnell's education proposals, and they are split on allowing uranium mining. In the likely matchup in November's gubernatorial election, more Virginians are undecided (41%) in their choice for Governor,...
New transportation funding would support the growth of Northern Virginia's technology economy HERNDON, Va., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) today announced its support of Gov. Bob McDonnell's transportation funding plan. In backing the plan, NVTC President and CEO Bobbie Kilberg made the following statement on behalf of NVTC and its membership: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20071106/DC06626LOGO) "NVTC supports...
Council urges policies and investments focused on diversifying Virginia's technology economy HERNDON, Va., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Jan. 4, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) - the largest technology council in the nation - sent letters to all members of the Virginia General Assembly and to Gov. Bob McDonnell, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Cabinet members and other senior officials of the McDonnell administration outlining...
ST. PAUL, Va., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell joined Dominion Virginia Power officials today in dedicating the new Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, marking the completion of a four-year, $1.8-billion construction project that is bringing an economic boost to Southwest Virginia. The power station, one of the cleanest of its kind, will help Dominion Virginia Power meet an anticipated 4,000-megawatt growth in electricity demand from its customers...
Governor Signs Legislation Extending Capital Gains Tax Exemption and Telework Tax Credit, Expanding Virginia's Leadership in Next-Generation Tech Company Formation HERNDON, Va., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a bill signing ceremony co-hosted by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) today, Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed data center sales tax exemption legislation championed by NVTC during the 2012 legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly....
A celebration of Appalachian coal jobs is attracting leaders from across the region RICHMOND, Va., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-9) both confirmed they will be participating in the Federation for American Coal Energy and Security's (FACES of Coal) Appalachian Coal Jobs Rally on June 2nd in Abingdon, VA. The Rally is being billed as a celebration of Appalachian Coal Jobs and will feature live...
On Monday, April 30, 2012, the Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, signed the permanent proclamation declaring every September 26 as ‘mesothelioma awareness day’. Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) announced Monday that the State of Virginia is the eleventh state to pass a permanent proclamation marking every September 26 ‘mesothelioma awareness day’. Robena Reid, a tireless mesothelioma advocate and ambassador who lost...
