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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.

Vermont Business Magazine Earlier in October the 17th Annual Renewable Energy Vermont Conference & Expo, REV2017, brought together 505 attendees, including 28 government officials from across New England and Quebec to focus on “Renewables For All”.

Vermont Business Magazine The impact on Vermont’s economy by the state’s independent insurance agencies is estimated to be in excess of $61 million.Agencies employ 848 Vermonters and are "extremely philanthropic," according to a recent report. That’s just some of the significant results of the report commissioned in May by the Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA).

Vermont Business Magazine Ballots from 435 Community College of Vermont (CCV) faculty were counted Thursday at the Vermont Labor Relations Board. CCV faculty voted by mail on the question of whether to join the AFT Vermont union.300 CCV faculty voted yes to join AFT Vermont (70% of ballots cast) in order to negotiate for an improved CCV for faculty and students.

Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) was presented with the 2017 American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Prize before an audience of more than 10,000 nurses and conference attendees at the ANCC Magnet Conference in Houston October 11.

Vermont Business MagazineSaving Our Waters, a three-part documentary on the health and resiliency of the Lake Champlain basin especially with the increase in extreme weather events, premieres online and on Vermont PBS Thursday, October 19 at 8 pm.

Vermont Business Magazine Public submissions for a new Burlington city flag will end this Sunday at11:59 p.m.Burlington City Arts is encouraging anyone that lives, works, attends school in, or owns a business in Burlington to submit a design.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Education today honored Linda Cloutier-Namdar, M.Ed., an Essex High School (EHS) English teacher, as the 2018 Vermont Teacher of the Year during the 2017 University of Vermont (UVM) Outstanding Teacher Day event.

by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine In the near corner of one the state's largest solar sites are several sets of solar panels that seem out-of-place against the vast rows of solar panels at a former corn field in Williston. This cluster of photo-voltaic panels look different.

Vermont Business MagazineAttorney General TJ Donovan, with 37 attorneys general, urge consumer reporting agencies Experian and TransUnion to immediately stop charging fees to consumers. The AGs maintain that after the Equifax data breach, many consumers want to put in place credit freezes on their accounts.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott, along with numerous elected officials across the country, declared October 12th Children’s Environmental Health Day.

Vermont Business Magazine Today the Vermont Attorney General’s Office filed motions to stay and appeal the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (EELI) matter.