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Vermont Business Magazine A Vermont swift water rescue team is deploying to Texas to assist in the response to Hurricane Harvey. Vermont Task Force 1 Swift Water Rescue Team will perform evacuations and rescues in flooded areas. The deployment is through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) at the request of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Vermont Business MagazineAccuWeatherpredicts Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas, to be the most costly natural disaster in United States history.
Vermont Business Magazine A new report conducted by Medicare Health Plans shows the per capita number of nurses and physicians in America.Vermont ranked among the best states for health care professionals. The report suggests that Vermont's health care professionals are among the least over-worked in the nation.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday the selection of retired Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard Reserve, and Norwich University President, Richard W Schneider as its 2017 Citizen of the Year.
Vermont Business Magazine Frederick Morin, MD, announced today that next year, he will step down as dean of The Robert Larner, MDCollege of Medicine at The University of Vermont once a successor has been named. Morin became the College’s 17th dean 10 years ago, on August 25, 2007. “Rick Morin’s accomplishments at UVM are truly extraordinary,” said UVM President Tom Sullivan.
Vermont Business MagazineFrom healthcare reform to paid leave, major legislation on such issues at the federal level may be far off as Congress likely pivots its focus to tax reform and a government spending bill.
Vermont Business MagazineCastleton University recently received word from the office of Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy that its TRiO Upward Bound program has been funded for five more years to serve 63 additional high school students in Washington County, New York attending the target schools of Granville High School, Hartford High School, Salem High School, and Whitehall High S
Vermont Business Magazine Picture a Vermont farmer. Does a grizzled, seventh generation dairyman come to mind, Holsteins and silo in the background? A new $180,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to a consortium that includes The University of Vermont and three partners aims to complicate that image.
by Louis Josephson, PhD Vermont is fortunate to have an established system of outpatient care for people who are recovering from opioid addiction. In fact, our state’s Hub and Spoke system has been nationally recognized as a model for other states struggling with the current opioid epidemic. Hub and Spoke has been in place in Vermont since 2012.
by Gabriel C Lajeunesse, JD Next week, we observe Labor Day, a celebration of the American worker. You work hard your whole life with the hope that your efforts will ultimately allow you to achieve your financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement. But for that to happen, you may need to apply some of the lessons of the workplace to your efforts as an investor.
Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Department of Taxes continues its outreach with a come-forward program for individuals who may not know what Vermont Use Tax is and when it is due. Use tax is due when a seller does not charge the buyer Vermont Sales Tax on an item that is taxable in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce today announced that $106.1 million in bonds were successfully sold last week in two separate offerings, generating proceeds of $117 million, including a premium of $10.9 million. Vermont bonds have the highest bond ratings of any Northeastern state.