Global Technical Systems (GTS), a premier provider of advanced engineering solutions for defense, homeland security, and related U.S. Government and international customers, will invest $54.7 million in a new, electro-mechanical energy storage system manufacturing operation in Va. Beach. The project will create 1,110 new jobs with an average annual salary of $74,000.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Nov. 29 that Virginia was named No.5 in the Forbes.com 2017 Best States for Business ranking. This position represents a jump from No.6 in the 2016 survey and No.7 in 2015, according to a news release.

Too many Americans have been inundated with headlines about plans to take away their health care. Americans want both parties to work together on real solutions that lower costs and increase choice without exploding our debt or upending lives. Last month, we announced legislation that would accomplish this. We call our plan Medicare-X.

PWCS has met the challenge of making a school budget readable and understandable, so say examiners for the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International, for the 22nd consecutive year.

2017 Fireworks Spectacular hosted by Virginia Gateway shopping center will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18 between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Route 29 and Linton Hall Rd.

On Nov. 16, the co-founders of KO Distilling in Manassas rang a merchant ship’s bell celebrating the completion of a $900,000 expansion which has more than tripled their production capacity and will create more jobs.

On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the Flory Small Business Center, Inc. in partnership with Stratford University in Woodbridge will facilitate a Start-Up Small Business Workshop presented by Linda Decker, President and CEO of the Flory Small Business Center, Inc.