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Vermont Business Magazine The Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce has embarked on a bold new ‘Shop Local’ initiative to make e-commerce and associated services free for all local businesses, and to help members further by facilitating all businesses, goods, services, and promotions from independent websites to seamlessly come together into the most comprehensive and integ

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Vermont Business Magazine On September 14, 2016, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets filed the Required Agricultural Practices (RAP) Final Proposed Rule with the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (LCAR) and the Vermont Secretary of State’s office. This filing represents the final step in the public rulemaking process the Agency has been engaged in si

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont has the second highest percentage of individuals covered by health insurance of any state in the nation and has the second lowest poverty rate. The US Census Bureau has released its most detailed look at America's people, places and economy with new statistics on income, poverty, health insurance and more than 40 other topics from the American

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by /Vermont Watchdog Attorney general candidates Republican Deborah Bucknam and Democrat TJ Donovan criticized Vermont’s handling of the opioid addiction crisis during a d

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Vermont Business Magazine The Senate passed an amendment Thursday introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) that would allow Vermont to apply for up to $10 million for repairs to the Waterbury Dam, which was built in the 1930s. The amendment was included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, which now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.

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Vermont Business Magazine Heading toward the November 1 open enrollment period for Vermont Health Connect, Governor Peter ShumIin today applauded the dramatic improvements to the system and the expansion of more affordable coverage available to Vermonters. “What we’ve been able to do is take a huge federal investment and accomplish some great things for Vermonters,” Gov.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M Burwell announced $548,467 in funding for 10 health centers in Vermont for health information technology enhancements. In total, today’s announcement includes $87 million in funding for 1,310 health centers in every U.S.

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Vermont Business Magazine Merchants Bank is delighted to announce that they recently presented The DREAM Program with a $15,000 donation.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Taxes and the home-hotel service Airbnb have worked out a deal in which Airbnb will collect meals and rooms tax on payment for lodging offered by its hosts.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Champlain Housing Trust announced today it had exceeded a benchmark set by Governor Shumlin to house more people who are without a home.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Orton family, proprietors of The Vermont Country Store, announced today that the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Jim Hall has been promoted to president of the 70-year-old business.

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by Mike Faher/The Commons, Brattleboro The town of Rockingham has notched a major victory in its years-long tax battle with energy giant TransCanada.