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Vermont Business Magazine The federal district court in New Hampshire ruled yesterday that an ACLU lawsuit challenging Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) immigration checkpoints in New England may proceed. While an individual CBP agent was dismissed from the case, the court rejected CBP’s argument that the case against CBP should be dismissed. As part of these immigration checkpoints, CBP has detained hundreds – if not thousands – of individuals lawfully traveling in northern New England during the summer and fall tourist seasons without any suspicion that they have committed a crime.

Vermont Business Magazine MILK MONEY VERMONT, an equity crowdfunding portal for Vermonters, announces its first 2021 campaign from LOCAL MAVERICK LLC. Vermonters will have the opportunity to learn more about and invest in the Local Maverick campaign via the Milk Money platform. Milk Money Vermont offers a unique opportunity for “impact investing” since a dollar invested in a local business generates potential financial return as well as tangible social return on investment. By investing in a local business such as Local Maverick, wealth will be circulated and help build a stronger community that will foster new relationships between businesses and community members.

Vermont Business Magazine The creative team responsible for the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) exhibit “Children of the Sun”—artist Jennifer Mack-Watkins, curator David Rios Ferreira, and poet fayemi shakur—will discuss the exhibit in a free Zoom presentation hosted by BMAC on Wednesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. To register, visit brattleboromuseum.org. “Children of the Sun” celebrates the beauty, importance, and complexity of positive representation of African American children.

Vermont Business Magazine Union Mutual was recently honored by The Vermont Department of Health and the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports with a 2021 Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Award – GOLD Level. This is the Company’s third consecutive top-tier wellness honor.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced that he allowed the school employee health care bill, passed by the General Assembly, to become law without his signature. This typically happens when the governor disagrees with some aspects of a bill but chooses not to veto it. In this case Scott objected to an arbiter's decision for which there was a lack of transparency and which will result in higher school costs and therefore what he estimates will be higher taxes, on the order of $ million to $30 million.

Vermont Business Magazine Starting Monday, April 12 at 8:15 am, Vermonters age 30 and older will be able to make an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 240,000 Vermonters have already received at least one dose of vaccine.

Vermont Business Magazine Christina E Nolan, former United States Attorney and longtime federal and state prosecutor, will join Vermont law firm Sheehey Furlong & Behm PC, as a shareholder and director. Nolan starts at the firm on April 15th and will focus on complex civil litigation, defense of government enforcement actions, False Claims Act defense and enforcement, white collar and serious felony criminal defense, and internal corporate investigations. Nolan has tried more than a dozen cases to juries, regularly handled evidentiary hearings before federal and state trial courts, and appeared several times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Vermont Business Roundtable (Roundtable) Board of Directors announced that Seth Bowden, Executive Vice President at Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation (GBIC), will become the next president of the organization. Bowden will assume the role from Lisa Ventriss who retires this year after 19 years leading the Roundtable.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont could see a critical reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and gas usage if it electrifies all of its buildings during the next 30 years. The study, Electric Buildings: Repowering Homes and Businesses for Our Health and Environment, found that completely repowering Vermont’s homes and businesses with electricity by 2050 is expected to result in emissions reductions of 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide -- equal to taking over 230,000 cars off the road.

Vermont Business Magazine Alpine Summit Capital Partners (ASCP), a Vermont-based private equity firm launched in 2018 to leverage brands’ value into new categories, is investing in a new company, Vermont Cheese Products, Inc (VCPI). The first license by VCPI covers a line of specially branded consumer snack products under the Cabot brand, held by Agri-Mark, the Northeast’s premier dairy cooperative with more than 800 farm family members.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public Radio and Vermont PBS have announced the appointment of Fran Tobin as Vice President of People & Culture. Tobin brings to this newly created position more than two decades of experience in human resource management in the private, public and education sectors, including executive level management, strategic program management, training and employee development, and organizational development.