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Vermont Business Magazine Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Sens.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Led by the traditional bagpipers, a colorful procession of over 100 university leaders, scholars, and dignitaries from around the nation—all in full academic regalia–packed the Ira Allen Chapel at the University of Vermont for the formal installation its 28th president, Marlene Tromp, Tuesday afternoon.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Commission for Public School Employee Health Benefits agreed to an additional one-year extension of the current public school employees’ healthcare plan while pledging to continue working together toward systemic changes that will lower costs and make healthcare more affordable.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Board of Directors for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont (Blue Cross VT) today announced that Beth-Ann Roberts, MBA, has been selected as the organization’s next President and CEO, effective January 10, 2026.

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Vermont Business Magazine Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the Health Care Workforce Expansion Act, comprehensive legislation to address the massive shortage of doctors, dentists and nurses in America.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Agency of Education released a new Special Education Report, which identifies strengths, challenges, and opportunities in the delivery of services to students with disabilities. The report is an important part of the Agency’s ongoing strategic planning process and a key step in implementing Act 73, the state’s new education transformation law.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Chamber of Commerce has welcomed two new Directors to the Board: William Cahill of Vermont Mutual Insurance Group and Dr. Elizabeth Mauch of Vermont State Colleges. The Board also elected a new slate of officers, naming Sharon Rossi of FoodScience Corp.

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Vermont Agency of Transportation On 09/29/2025 at approximately 10:33 a.m., Vermont State Police and DMV Enforcement and Safety were called to VT 108 in Smuggler’s Notch due to a report that a tractor trailer unit had become stuck in “The Notch.” Upon arrival, DMV inspectors found that a tractor trailer unit had entered the prohibited section of VT 108, which does not allow com

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Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Charity Clark, as part of a coalition of 12 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from unlawfully reallocating federal homeland security funding away from states based on their compliance with the Administration’s political agenda.

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Vermont Business Magazine VMEC has announced its 30-year anniversary as Vermont’s solely-focused manufacturing resource.

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Vermont Business Magazine According to current estimates, worldwide over 50 million people are affected by irreversible progressive neurodegenerative diseases that end in death of affected individuals.