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Business groups applaud lawmakers for passing COVID paid leave grant program

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 12:13pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine The small business community and members of Main Street Alliance and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility applaud the Vermont General Assembly on the passage of S.11, a workforce and economic development bill that would establish a program to provide wage replacement for workers experiencing loss of work for reasons associated with COVID-19. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Vermonters everywhere have been asked to stay home and isolate or care for others in the event of an exposure – and by and large Vermonters have risen to the occasion, not only to keep themselves safe, but to keep those around them safe as well. 

Sanders opening statement at hearing on Medicare for All

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 11:56am -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Thursday delivered an opening statement at the committee's hearing titled “Medicare for All: Protecting Health, Saving Lives, Saving Money.” Sanders: "Let me thank the committee members and panelists and everyone else who is here for attending the very first US Senate hearing on Medicare for All."

Engelberth Construction celebrating 50th anniversary

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 11:33am -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Engelberth Construction, Inc (ECI), a leading Construction Manager/General Contractor, is celebrating its 50 years in business milestone. In 1972 Engelberth Construction was established in the basement of Otto Engelberth’s home in Colchester, Vermont and grew steadily on the cornerstones of hard work, trust, integrity, and pride in craftsmanship. Over the past 50 years, Engelberth has become a leader providing preconstruction and construction services in the academic, healthcare, assisted living, manufacturing, resort, multi-unit housing and historic preservation markets. 

Extra 3SquaresVT food benefits in May & June

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 10:02am -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine The Department for Children and Families announced today that many 3SquaresVT households will continue to receive a higher benefit in May and June. This extra help is part of the federal Coronavirus Relief Bill. It will not permanently change a household’s monthly benefit. It is a temporary increase from the federal government to help those affected by the pandemic.

Households at a zero benefit will not receive a benefit. Everyone else will receive the maximum benefit for their household size.

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KeyBank made $127 million in community investments since 2017

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 9:59am -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine As announced in KeyCorp’s 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report released in April, the bank has surpassed the five-year goals of its National Community Benefits Plan, providing more than $26 billion focused on economic access and equity to communities across the country. With branches across Vermont, it invested more than $127 million in the past five years in the state.

Chef, restaurateur, television personality and author 
Emeril Lagasse reveals the secret recipe to success on 21st Century Business Forum

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 9:11am -- katie

VermontBiz You might say the "Bam!" moment in the life of trailblazing celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse came many, many years ago courtesy of a pastry chef he admired.

The pastry chef introduced Lagasse to the book "The Magic of Thinking Big" by David Schwartz.

Ben & Jerry's plans to cut dairy GHG emissions to half industry average by 2024

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 5:01am -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Ben & Jerry's is making a bold commitment to bring greenhouse gas emissions on 15 dairy farms to half the industry average by the end of 2024. Once proven, pilot project initiatives will be expanded to farms across Ben & Jerry's global dairy supply chain. Dairy ingredients account for more than 50% of Ben & Jerry's total greenhouse gas emissions, so the company is focusing on dairy farms as the best opportunity to reduce its carbon footprint.

Vermont is the ninth most accessible state in America to charge an electric car

Thu, 05/12/2022 - 3:05am -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont ranks ninth with a ratio of 7.21 electric cars to a single station. There are 2,230 electric cars registered in the state of Vermont along with 313 electric charging stations. Financial comparison site Forbes Advisor analyzed data from the US Department of Energy as well as all 50 states to establish how many electric charging stations there are in each state, per registered electric vehicles in said state. However, some states rank high in part because of sporting few actual EVs. For instance, North Dakota ranks first, but has only 220 registered EVs and Wyoming is second with only 330. Meanwhile, Arizona is second worst despite having 28,770 EVs.

VDH: COVID cases hold, hospitalizations fall, no deaths

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 5:08pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health today is reporting 261 cases of COVID-19 for (248 Monday; 174 Sunday; 273 Saturday; 382 Friday). Cases have edged up in recent weeks, especially in Bennington, Washington and Rutland counties. Hospitalizations have been elevated since mid-April and today were 59 (down 16). The record was 122 on January 19. Health officials have focused on this as a key indicator. 

Vermont National Guard partners with Republic of Austria

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 4:44pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Representatives from the Vermont National Guard and the Republic of Austria formally entered into a partnership at 2 pm today. Though work between the Austrian military and the Vermont National Guard is not new, the ceremony marked the formal beginning under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

Scott OKs five bills, lets mental health bill become law without signing

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 3:42pm -- tim

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. Scott signed several bills and let a sixth become law without his signature, S.197, An act relating to the provisions of mental health supports. The governor said that while he supports the mental health supports contained in the bill, he is concerned with troubling language related to executive privilege.

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy on the Women’s Health Protection Act

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 3:32pm -- tim

Senator Patrick Leahy This is a debate about the Women’s Health Protection Act.  Protecting women’s health. Protecting half America’s population in their right to seek the health care they require. Protecting their ability, half of America, to make decisions about their own bodies.  How is this a question even up for debate? Today the Senate considers the Women’s Health Protection Act.  A woman’s right to make choices about her own body is a constitutional right. It was affirmed by the Supreme Court nearly 50 years ago.  Polling – as if that should be the benchmark by which we legislate – shows that nearly two-out-of-three Americans believe the fundamental right established in 1973’s Roe vs. Wade should be upheld.  Yet here we are today – a body of 100, 76 percent of which are male – making decisions about the private lives of the nearly 168 million women in this country. That’s ludicrous.

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