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Vermont Business Magazine A Winooski Tech Crawl event will highlight the tech businesses that have made their home in the historic Mill buildings in the greater Winooski area, representing textiles to tech transformation, on Tuesday October 17, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm, with a reception following. This free event is presented by theVermont Technology Alliance as part of Innovation Week, a celebration of the entrepreneurial and technology ecosystem in the greater Burlington area.

Vermont Business MagazineA 14-member student cast at Saint Michael’s College started work on Labor Day, which felt appropriate, for a new original play with music about the lives of 19th century girls who worked the mills of New England towns like Lowell, MA, and Winooski, VT. That rehearsal launched preparations still under way for performances on November 2, 3,4,10 & 11 at 7 pm in the McCarthy Arts Center Theater. All performances are free and open to the public.

Vermont Business Magazine On October 16, Vermont PBS proudly celebrates 50 years of serving the people of Vermont and its surrounding regions with a week of commemorative events and special programming chronicling the station’s half century mission to educate, inform, entertain and inspire.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott dedicatedthe Vermont Equality for Same-Sex Couples Historic Site Marker at the State House in Montpelieron Tuesday morning.The site marker commemorates the Vermont Supreme Court ruling and Civil Union legislation in 2000, granting legal recognition to same-sex couples for the first time anywhere in the US, and the achievement of full marriage equality through a vote of the legislature in 2009. Representative Bill Lippert and Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson will also provide first-hand remembrances of the events.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Tourism Summit is seeking input from tourism industry professionals who did not attend the 2017 Summit in Stowe, VT. They want to know if you have attended the Summit in the past, why you chose not to attend in 2017, and how to sway you to attend in the future. In exchange for your response, you’ll have the opportunity to win a variety of great prizes, including lift tickets, spa products, wine, and more! The Vermont Tourism Summit is a great way to network with tourism industry professionals. It features two days of educational sessions, engaging panel discussions, a keynote presentation, an industry update from the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing, social events, and fun! Please consider attending the 35^th Annual Summit in Manchester, Vermont on April 11-12, 2018. Learn more at www.vttourismsummit.org.

Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) issued the following statement Friday after President Donald Trumphalted cost-sharing reductions that helppay out-of-pocket health care costs of low-income people andordered potentially sweeping changes in the nation’s insurance system, including sales of cheaper policies with fewer benefits and fewer protections for consumers.

"Amazingly, we have a president who is trying to destroy the American health care system. At a time when millions of Americans remain uninsured or underinsured, President Trump’s decision to sabotage the Affordable Care Act will substantially raise health care costs for the American people and lead to lower quality coverage. Trump’s action is clear proof that he was never interested in improving health care. His only goal has been to destroy the Affordable Care Act.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont continues to rank as a "high tax" state. Kiplinger, a national business forecasting firm, has released its rankings of the best and worst states for taxes. The list was unveiled as part of Kiplinger’s fifth annual Tax Map, which reveals income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, “sin” taxes (for products such as alcohol and tobacco) and other tax rules and exemptions across all 50 states and Washington, DC. Vermont has high taxes on income and property, but is relatively low on sales.

US Senator Patrick Leahy The President does not want to provide “great” health care. The President wants to tear down the Affordable Care Act, stripping affordable, comprehensive health care coverage from millions of American people, and thousands of Vermonters. His latest attempt to do so is as blatant and obvious as throwing a brick through a plate glass window...

Vermont Business Magazine Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to end the cost-sharing reduction payments required under the Affordable Care Act.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor and Governor Phil Scott recognized several Vermont businesses Friday for their strong commitment to providing safe, healthy and effective workplace programs at the annual Vermont Safety and Health Council held in South Burlington, Vermont. The Governor’s Award for Outstanding Workplace Safety is the highest honor given by the State and recognizes an employer’s commitment to excellence in workplace safety and health policy. The awards recognize companies that stand out above all others in their commitment to safety, and to reducing and eliminating workplace injury and illness.

This year’s Governor’s Awards for Outstanding Workplace Safety were presented by Commissioner Lindsay Kurrle and Gov. Scott to the following Vermont businesses:

Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) issued the following statement Friday after President Donald Trumpdisavowed the international nuclear deal with Iran anddeclared his intention not to certify Iran’s compliance with the agreement: "President Trump’s speech today was the latest in a series of rash and reckless moves that make Americans less safe..."

Vermont Business MagazineFor his hard-hitting political reporting and successful efforts to pass a media shield law in Vermont,Seven Dayspolitical editor Paul Heintz has been selected as the AP New England Journalist of the Year. The New England Newspaper and Press Association honored Heintz at its fall conferenceThursdayin Natick, Mass. “He’s not just a dogged reporter and eloquent writer,” the judges said of Heintz, 33, of Hinesburg; “he’s a leader in the field.”

Heintz andSeven Daysalso received the 2017 Morley LPiper First Amendment Award, which is presented “to a New England newspaper that shows leadership on First Amendment issues, either by the exceptional quality of its reporting or commentary, or for the way it overcame legal challenges.