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Virginia Port Authority CEO to retire next year

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The head of the Virginia Port Authority who oversaw an expansion of the port’s operations and profits will retire next year.

News outlets report John F. Reinhart made the announcement about his March 2021 retirement at the authority’s commissioners meeting on Tuesday.

Reinhart joined the port in February 2014.

The agency had lost $120 million since 2009.

It started earning profits from its operations a few years after Reinhart began his tenure.

The Richmond Times reports he also oversaw record-setting cargo volume at the port.

His replacement will be chosen by a committee of port board members.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies.  With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track.  As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates.  The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH. 
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