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Vermont Business Magazine Nine Chittenden County municipalities and three other entities are launching Rethink Runoff, a new multi-year public education and participation campaign focused on reducing the impacts of stormwater runoff.

Leonine Public Affairs The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the state FY18 budget bill on Friday afternoon. The Senate Appropriations Committee transferred approximately $8 million of teacher retirement expenses from the General Fund to the Education Fund.

Vermont Business MagazineThe University of Vermont has broken ground on a new $1.4 million headquarters for UVM Rescue, a student-run organization created in 1972 that provides advanced life support ambulance services to the campus and greater Chittenden County. In 2016, UVM Rescue received 1,615 service calls.

Vermont Business Magazine The Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce will unveil the new regional visitors guide onThursday, April 27thin two locations. The area guide, a staple of the Chamber’s tourism efforts, is updated yearly and distributed throughout the Northeast as a way to showcase the region’s various tourist attractions.

Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Beth Pearce, House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, Champlain College Center for Financial Literacy Director John Pelletier, and members of the Vermont Financial Literacy Commission today urged policymakers to act on the recommendations contained in the Commission’s 2017 Financial Literacy Report.

Vermont Business Magazine Robert Larner, MD, the Burlington native for whom the UVM Larner College of Medicine was named in September of 2016, died peacefully at his home in Woodland Hills, CA, on Thursday, April 20, 2017. He was 99 years old.

Public Assets Institute In 2016, Vermont’s lowest-paid workers saw the biggest wage gains of any group: 4 percent. When unemployment is low, workers are in short supply, so wages should increase. But Vermont’s low jobless rate—5 percent or less since 2012—was having little effect, especially at the low end.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont House gave preliminary approval to H333 on a vote of 123-19 today, requiring that all single-user bathrooms in public buildings be labeled as gender-free.

Vermont Business MagazineA new report entitled “Clean Energy Momentum: Ranking State Progress” and published Thursday by the Union of Concerned Scientists highlighted Vermont for its success in developing a clean energy economy. Vermont ranked second nationally, only bested by California.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s unemployment rate held steady in March, but the metrics were mixed as the labor force and jobs (adjusted) grew, but nonfarm employment and unadjusted jobs both fell, while the number of unemployed increased slightly.

Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims fell by over a hundred last week, as claims were down from a year ago, as they've been most weeks this year. As expected, by industry, Services reported the most claims (65 percent of the total), as Manufacturing saw a modest increase (69 up from 40). Services typically reports the most claims.

Vermont Business Magazine After what it called "careful analysis" of their fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget performance, the Green Mountain Care Board today ordered six Vermont hospitals to reduce their rates by a total of approximately $15 million.