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Grant creates new Va. workforce project to train restaurant and hotel workers More than $250,000 in grant funding will create a new workforce project through the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) to help train workers across the state. (Source: VRLTA) By Karina Bolster | April 13, 2021 at 11:29 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 11:53 AM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - More than $250,000 in grant funding will create a new workforce project through the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association (VRLTA) to help train workers across the commonwealth. VRLTA announced plans ...

and last updated 2021-04-08 16:45:16-04 NORFOLK, Va. - The tourism and hospitality industry brought in about $27 billion but lost about $10 billion of that last year during the pandemic, according to estimates from the Virginia Restaurant Lodging and Travel Association. "That's a huge impact on an industry that is very slow to recovery," said Eric Terry, the group's president. Now, the group has written a letter to state lawmakers in order to ensure the industry receives from funding from the recently passed American Rescue Plan. The law tells states to make sure impacted industries get some ...

President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan Virginia and its local governments have more than rescue in mind as they await the first installment of $6.8 billion in federal to end the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuild a damaged economy and bring daily life back to a new definition of normal. The state and localities see a chance to potentially achieve longstanding goals - from making broadband internet service available and affordable across Virginia to beginning to repair and replace obsolete public school buildings - but only if they work together to coordinate spending federal money that is...

Virginia’s General Assembly has approved a collection of bills that will impact consumers

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — From higher fines for littering to a ban on releasing...