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1 month ago | entrepreneur.com | Dan Kennedy |Parthiv Shah

For Subscribers By Dan S. Kennedy and Parthiv Shah Edited by Frances Dodds Mar 12, 2025 This story appears in the March 2025 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Pete Reynolds Ever wish your business could go for bigger marketing opportunities, but you simply don't have the employee bandwidth or extra budget to hire an outside agency? You may be right about the resources. But you're wrong about pursuing those opportunities.

Nov 5, 2024 | 13newsnow.com | Dan Kennedy

The city of Chesapeake in Virginia may have the answer. Since 2000, voters in Chesapeake have sided with the winning candidate for the U.S. Presidency. George W. Bush won Chesapeake in both 2000 and 2004. Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012. Donald Trump won in 2016. And Joe Biden won in 2020. This year would be the seventh straight presidential election that Chesapeake has been a bellwether, if voters there side with the winning candidate again this year.

Nov 1, 2024 | 13newsnow.com | Dan Kennedy

NORFOLK, Va. — With just two months left in the year, homicides in Hampton Roads are trending at their lowest level in five years. Across the seven cities, there have been a reported 131 homicides this year. That's 49 fewer homicides from this time in 2023, a 32% drop. Chesapeake is the only city with a rise in homicides year over year, where police have investigated an additional two homicides in 2024. Suffolk's 10 homicides is in line with last year.

Oct 28, 2024 | 13newsnow.com | Dan Kennedy

VIRGINIA, USA — We're digging into the money behind the political ads you're seeing on TV, particularly in the 2nd Congressional District race between Representative Jen Kiggans and Missy Cotter Smasal. The Cotter Smasal campaign sent out a fundraising email Monday that said in part: "Right now, dark-money groups are blanketing VA-02 in ads to prop up their MAGA rubber stamp and keep this district red." So, is that true? Let's Verify. Our source is the Virginia Public Access Project.

Oct 21, 2024 | 13newsnow.com | Dan Kennedy

VIRGINIA, USA — We’re verifying an attack ad aimed at Missy Cotter Smasal. It’s paid for and approved by the Super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund, and it targets Cotter Smasal for her attendance rate while serving on a local commission. The ad states: “Missy Cotter Smasal could have helped us all in the Chesapeake Bay Commission, instead she skipped almost half the meetings since being appointed three years ago.” Our source here is the Chesapeake Bay Commission’s website.