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A Rosie’s Gaming Emporium could be coming to Amherst County, according to a news release sent on Wednesday.

If approved by voters in November, a Rosie’s Gaming Emporium could move into the area

Virginia’s minimum wage increased for the first time in about 12 years from the federally mandated minimum of $7.25 to $9.50 an hour Saturday, and employers are bracing for another increase to $11 an hour Jan. 1.

City hires consultant to review proposals from casino developers Courtesy of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe) With its RFP process for a resort casino already underway, the city’s economic development arm has formally enlisted a consultant to help review the proposals. The Richmond Economic Development Authority voted Thursday to hire New Orleans-based Convergence Strategy Group to help evaluate RFP responses from prospective casino developers, and assist in negotiations with those developers down the road. The city issued the casino RFP on Dec. 28, and gave the EDA the authority to hire a consul...

The initiative is apart of the group’s “Together We Win” Program which works to help the communities in which Rosie’s Gaming Emporium operates. The goal is to donate $52,000 to 52 different charities by the end of the year.