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Vermont Business Magazine Today, Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak held a press conference to announce the appointment of Kelli Perkins, Ed.D, to serve as the next Director of the Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (REIB). Dr.
Vermont Business Magazine Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) today strongly condemned Nexstar Media Group’s decision to block the broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on stations it owns, including WVNY in Vermont, following political pressure from former President Donald Trump and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.
Vermont Business Magazine Great Works Internet (GWI) today announced a legal victory in its ongoing dispute with the East Central Vermont Telecommunications District (ECFiber). On September 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont denied ECFiber’s Emergency Motion to Enforce and Modify the Court’s Order of August 11, 2025.
Vermont Business Magazine State Senator Anne Watson, the balcony solar nonprofit Bright Saver, the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG), and Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC), have launched a campaign to pass legislation enabling plug-in solar in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine At its annual celebration last Wednesday, the Vermont Land Trust recognized Camp DREAM and Boneyard Farm for their exceptional contributions to unite land and lives. The Land and Lives Award, given annually to an individual or organization, recognizes qualities of leadership, resourcefulness, and inclusiveness that have made an enduring difference
by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First, Vermont Business Magazine A Newbury man, who claimed he got food poisoning and sustained kidney damage from a contaminated pre-packaged ham and Swiss cheese sandwich purchased at a Shaw’s supermarket has lost his product liability lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Burlington.
Vermont Business Magazine Saint Michael’s College recently received $120,000 from the Freeman Foundation, aimed at supporting international internship opportunities for students. Since 2019, the College has sent dozens of students to Seoul, South Korea; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Hong Kong thanks to grants from the Freeman Foundation.
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, led nine of his Senate colleagues in calling on U.S.
by Lisa C. Bailey, University of Vermont Steadily rising healthcare costs coupled with diminishing access to insurance has Americans asking why—and what can be done about it. In his new book, Pre-Existing Conditions: How Lobbying Makes American Healthcare More Expensive (out today from Oxford University Press), Alex Garlick, Ph.D., offers some answers.
Vermont Business Magazine MIB Agents, a leading pediatric osteosarcoma nonprofit based in Barnard, Vermont, is accepting letters of intent (LOI) starting on Wednesday, September 24, for its annual OutSmarting Osteosarcoma research grant program. This program was established in 2017 and is awarded to projects focused on moving research forward for osteosarcoma patients.
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Vermont State Police The Vermont State Police’s investigation into a Burlington police officer’s shooting Sunday evening remains active and ongoing. The state police is identifying the officer who fired his duty weapon as Officer Brady McGee. Officer McGee is currently assigned to the Uniformed Services Bureau.