July 2001 in Virginia Business:

Cover Story
Car Tax Blues
Gov. Jim Gilmore is risking a lot with his vow to cut the car tax on schedule

Q&A with Gov. Jim Gilmore
Gov. Jim Gilmore talks about the car tax battle and his politcal future.

College funding trapped in car tax impasse
The "Digital Dominion" short-changes tech programs, say educators

News and Features
Phone wars
It's bitter trench fighting as start-ups go after the heir of the Bell monopoly

Wireless: the next stage
Handheld devices proliferate, but the crash is holding them back

CEO Directory
Compound annual return of the 100 largest public companies for the period their CEO has been in office

Growth & Development
Old-line factories keep on humming
Lynchburg area beats economic slump

Nukes are back!
Rethinking nuclear power brings two Lynchburg firms into the limelight

Departments
Minding Your Business
• With cigaletts, smokers don't have to leave the office
• Finding a friend for Fido
• Painless probing
• Musical fingerprints
• Top 10 States: Job growth per 1 million population (chart)

Editor's Corner

For the Record

Virginia Weekend

Virginia Ideas