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Vermont Business MagazineESCO Technologies Inc(NYSE: ESE), a St Louis industrial energy equipment supplier,announced in a press release today that it has acquired NRG Systems, Inc of Hinesburg. NRG, also known asRenewable NRG Systems, wasfounded in 1982.

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Vermont Business MagazineWhistlePig LLC, of Shoreham, apremier rye whiskey company, announced Monday that it received a $25 million asset-based line (ABL) of credit from JPMorgan Chase, replacing its current ABL and more than doubling its access to liquidity.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont ranked Number One in the nation and five of the top seven states were in New England in a WalletHub study of children's health. Raising a child in America is more expensive than ever, and health care accounts for a big chunk of the bill.

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Vermont Business MagazineFreshTracks Capital announced Monday it has investedin a growing Vermont-based beverage brand, DRINKmaple.This is the second Vermont-based investment from FreshTracks Capital’s newly launched investment fund, FreshTracks IV.DRINKmaple, based in StAlbans, is a rapidly-growing maple water brand that features only one ingredient, straight from the tree.

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Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning (GMALL) are proud to announce a new partnership titled “Medicine Today.” During the series, clinicians from SVMC and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians will present an intellectual perspective of medicine now and how they anticipate it will change in the futu

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont's two residential drug treatment providers have increased the number of available beds for inpatient treatment and are taking referrals, filling the need brought about by the decision in February by Maple Leaf Treatment Center to close its doors.

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Vermont Business MagazineA law just passed in Vermont that will provide protections for employees experiencing healthy, uncomplicated pregnancies who need workplace accommodations such as having access to water, access to a chair, longer or more frequent restroom breaks, or avoiding heavy lifting.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Environmental Conservation today announced the Town of Bennington is required to pay $15,000 for failing to maintain its wastewater treatment facility over the past several years. The facility’s disrepair caused foul odors and several releases of partially-treated wastewater into the Walloomsac River.

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Vermont Business MagazineAs part of its ongoing transformation of the 65-acre Berlin Mall site into a mixed-use town center, Heidenberg Properties Group announced today that it will be developing a five story, 120-room hotel with 15,000 square feet of meeting and special event space along with a freestanding restaurant.

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business MagazineThe Legislature is still in sessionin large part due, if not who

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by Mike Smith The newest columnist for The New York Times, Bret Stephens, caused quite a kerfuffle among climate change advocates when he recently wrote: “Claiming total certainty about the science [of climate change] traduces the spirit of science and creates openings for doubt whenever a climate claim proves wrong.”

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Leonine Public AffairsWe will not write a report this week because many bills are in flux, but we will provide a full legislative wrap up within a week of adjournment.The Vermont General Assembly will not adjourn on Saturday, May 6th as originally anticipated. The Legislature will reconvene onWednesday, May 10thto complete its work.