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Award-winning homegrown innovation
Sep 16 2010
A team from Lynchburg won $5 million and top honors today for their “Very Light Car” – an 840 lb, 102 mpg entry in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition.
Shaking up the system
Sep 09 2010
"I think it's time to shake up the education system," Senator Warner said today in front of a crowd of about 75 professors and students at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
Taking "wonky" questions at JMU
Sep 08 2010
Senator Warner started the day off talking business with business and finance majors at James Madison University's Forbes Center for the Arts.
Rosetta Stone: a great homegrown success story
Sep 07 2010
Senator Warner visited Rosetta Stone in Harrisonburg for a tour and a town hall meeting with employees. Rosetta Stone is the leading technology-based foreign language education company, founded in Harrisonburg, and it soon will reach 2,000 employees worldwide.
Visiting Winchester's Our Health
Sep 07 2010
Senator Warner visited Our Health in Winchester today, a campus-like setting that combines 10 public health, social service and non-profit agencies at one location. The shared location allows for closer coordination and administrative savings for the organizations.
The Senate will act on legislation to help small businesses as soon as they return from the August recess, and the challenges facing Central Virginia's small business owners were front and center as Senator Warner met with about 25 business owners today at Inklings Bookshop in Lynchburg.
Senator Warner met with members of the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce this morning and talked about the economy and the need for a tax structure and policy choices that encourage economic development, job creation and greater innovation and global competitiveness.
Senator Warner Meets with Local Business Owners
Aug 27 2010
WSET-13 reports on Senator Warner's meeting with small business owners in Lynchburg on August 27.
Virginia has been awarded more than $26 million for three projects that will expand broadband access in rural areas. These projects will create at least 200 jobs in the near term, and build-out a high-speed Internet platform for additional economic activity in the future.
Recommendations for Virginia's District Courts
Jun 30 2010
Senator Warner and Senator Jim Webb announced their recommendations today of two judges to fill vacancies on Virginia's two federal district courts.
