The Virginia House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved the Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) incentives bill, moving forward legislation that gets the online giant one step closer to $550 million worth of workforce grants for creating 25,000 full-time jobs in Arlington County.
The panel's approval of the Major Headquarters Workforce Grant Fund came after the Senate on Monday approved the bill 35-5.
Amazon late last year selected Arlington for half of its second headquarters.…