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Vermont Business Magazine On average, Vermont women employed full time, year round are paid just 84 cents for every dollar paid to men – a yearly pay gap of $7,589. That means, in total, women in Vermont lose more than $705 million every year, which is money that could strengthen the state economy and the financial security of Vermont’s women and families, including the nearly 25,000 Vermont households headed by women. These are some of the findings of a new analysis conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families and released for Equal Pay Day tomorrow.

Vermont Business Magazine As part of its ongoing mission to reach as many patients as possible with its award-winning cannabis products, Mary’s Medicinals has announced it has partnered with Champlain Valley Dispensary to bring its transdermal patches to authorized medical cannabis patients in Vermont and that the patches are available from Champlain Valley Dispensary and Southern Vermont Wellness.

“With more than two-dozen states allowing the medical use of cannabis in some form, the potential benefits of this plant are clear,” said Nicole Smith, CEO of Mary’s Medicinals. “However, some patients are hesitant to use many of the traditional cannabis products on the market today that involve smoking, dabbing or eating sugary candies. With our clinical grade delivery methods and accurate dosing mechanisms, patients can find relief that is more effective, more reliable and more targeted than anything else available today.”

by John McClaughry On March 29 Vermont’s outgoing attorney general William Sorrell and two of his lawyers travelled to Manhattan to serve as useful props in a news conference orchestrated by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and global climate warrior Al Gore.

There Schneiderman announced a coordinated campaign by 20 AGs to find some legally believable way to prosecute the world’s biggest oil company, ExxonMobil. Two quite different, but both credible, headlines resulted. The news arm of the liberal Center for American Progress blared “State AGs Vow to Tackle Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Industry Fraud.” The conservative Washington Times offered “Democratic Attorneys General to Police Climate Change Dissent.”

Vermont Business Magazine SVMC Outpatient Rehabilitation has expanded physical therapy services by offering appointments on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the SVMC Northshire Campus in Manchester. Holly McKenzie, PT, is the primary physical therapist at the Northshire Campus and the physical therapy team leader for SVMC. McKenzie graduated from Utica College with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy and has been a physical therapist for nine years. 

Injury, illness, or surgery can decrease individuals’ ability to complete life’s tasks effectively and efficiently. Physical therapy can be effective in treating orthopedic, balance, and neurological deficits to improve quality of life. Those interested in starting physical therapy should speak with their primary care physician for a referral.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Economic Development has recently been awarded a grant from the US Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment to help Vermont businesses that have been impacted by DOD spending reductions over the last few years. Businesses that have generated at least 10 percent of their sales in transactions where the DoD has been the ultimate purchaser in at least one of the last five years will generally qualify for consideration under the grant. For business that might meet these criteria,  Economic Development is conducting a five question survey until Friday April 15th. Click the button below to start the short survey.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos will announce on tuesday the launch of a new searchable database of Vermont elections results. The new site makes it easier to find results by year, office, or candidate and continues the efforts of Secretary Condos to make information more accessible for Vermonters. Press conference Tuesday at 1 pm.

Vermont Business Magazine Journals of the House and Senate from Friday, April 8, 2016. The Legislature will reconvene Tuesday April 12.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont SBA is working with a team in support of the Kauffman Foundation’s engagement with the City of Burlington to improve conditions for entrepreneurs. Through Kauffman, a research survey is being launched to map Vermont’s business spinoff history.  VT SBA is trying to get the word out about the survey so that those business owners that started a spinoff will take the survey. In other words, the survey attempts to find those entrepreneurs who once worked for another company. Examples include IDX, IBM, Ben & Jerry’s, Magic Hat, JDK, Gardener’s Supply, etc.  The more spinoffs SBA can record, the better the research will be – it is a snowball effect survey. It relies on businesspeople to reach out to those they know who fit the spinoff definition and get them to also take the survey. The survey is live now and the link is below.

by Mickey Wiles My name is Mickey Wiles and I am the CFO of Burlington Labs, where I have been given a second chance after being convicted of a felony. As a person who has improved his own life through long-term recovery, I understand the power of second chances. Returning to a position such as CFO was not a path that I ever thought I would travel again. 

Vermont Business Magazine The State of Vermont is set to be the first in the nation to announce state-sponsored use of groundbreaking health information technology, PatientPing – taking historic action in remedying the trillion-dollar deficit caused partly by the fragmentation of the American health care system. On Tuesday, April 12, at Vermont Blueprint for Health 2016 in Burlington, PatientPing Founder & CEO Jay Desai, state officials and health care representatives will publicly announce the adoption of PatientPing across in-state health care providers to enhance medical information transparency between once disconnected health care providers.

Vermont Business Magazine Sodexo, which provides food service to institutional clients including the University of Vermont and nine other colleges here, spent $3.22 million with Vermont food purveyors for its Vermont clients last year. This is the result of the first full year for Vermont First, a program the company launched in 2014 with the governor and state officials to increase the amount of local food purchased by Sodexo.

Vermont Business Magazine Seventh Generation, a leading household and personal care products company based in Burlington, has launched its largest integrated marketing campaign ever. Titled "Come Clean", and featuring Maya Rudolph -- mother of four, SNL alum, actress, comedienne and long-time Seventh Generation devotee -- this one-of-a-kind campaign focuses on redefining what "clean" really means to consumers in order to help build healthy homes across the country.