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Senator Patrick Leahy The budget submission from the Department of Health and Human Services would reduce discretionary spending by nearly $8 billion – that is a 12 percent cut.
Vermont Business Magazine Be alert. Be patient. Be kind. That’s the message state officials are sending to Vermont drivers this season, as farmers return to the roads with tractors and heavy equipment.
Vermont Business MagazineThe Energy Co-op of Vermont, a fuel oil and home efficiency services cooperative with headquarters in Colchester, Vermont, announced today that John Quinney will retire as General Manager at the end of 2017 following the selection of a new General Manager."Since I started with the Energy Co-op in 2001, our mission has been to help Vermonters make their
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s Breakfast on the Farm comes to Fairmont Farm this Saturday in East Montpelier.This free, public event includes a Vermont-style pancake breakfast featuring local products, self-guided tours of the farm including 15 educational stations, and a peek into the life and business of dairy farming in Vermont.
Vermont Business MagazineA dozen states, including Vermont, Puerto Rico, at least 80 mayors and more than 100 businesses will submit a plan to the United Nations showing how they will collectively reduce their global warming pollution in reaction to President Trump's decision to withdraw from theParisclimate agreement, the 2015 landmark international accord aimed at combating g
by Chris McKayI'm proud to say that I work at Northern Power Systems where we design and build wind turbines right here in Barre, Vermont.There are dozens of people down in the factory floor building wind turbines and getting them ready to ship around the US and the world.We work to make a living and make a difference.
Vermont Business MagazineKeurig Green Mountain, Inc, a leader in specialty coffee and innovative single serve brewing systems, has launched its twelfth annual Sustainability Report.
Vermont Business Magazine Today S8, the ethics bill establishing an ethics commission and implementing some important ethical reforms was signed into law by Governor Phil ScottVermont Secretary of State Jim Condos has called the new ethics law a good start, saying “before this law was enacted, Vermont was one of the last states without any ethics laws and an ethics commission.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) issued the following statement after receiving reports on thealleged shooter at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday morning. According to national reports, a man with a rifle opened fire on members of the Republican congressional baseball team as it practiced early Wednesday morning.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced grants to Vermont organizations. Seven organizations will each receive $135,000 through the Art Works program. One organization will be awarded $50,000 through an Our Town grant, and the Vermont Arts Council will receive funding through a Partnership agreement.
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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Commissioner of Labor, Lindsay Kurrle, announced the appointment of long-time Department of Labor employee David Lahr as the new Workforce Development Division Director. Lahr first joined state government over 30 years ago, and has been working in various leadership capacities in workforce development since then.