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Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Thomas JDonovan, Jr, joined a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief with the USCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, challenging an Ohio state law that would defund Planned Parenthood and other health service providers that perform or promote abortions.

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Vermont Business Magazine Ledyard National Bank was awarded first place on March 9th in the Public Relations category at the New England Financial Marketing Awards for their campaign and contest celebrating their 25th Anniversary in 2016. Ledyard celebrated their anniversary by involving the community in honoring five local non-profit organizations.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Luxembourg-based owner of Vermont's Keurig Green Mountain has added another major US food brand to its portfolio with a $7.5 billion acquisition of Panera Bread Company.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) joined Senator Edward J Markey (D-Mass) and other Senate Democrats in sending a letter Wednesday querying the nation’s largest broadband internet providers on their rules to protect the privacy and security of their subscribers.

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Vermont Business Magazine Three unique Vermont wetlands are now being classified as ‘Class I’ wetlands, a designation that places extra protections on wetlands with exceptional ecological features. The three wetlands receiving Class I designations are the Sandbar wetlands (Milton and Colchester), Dennis Pond wetlands (Brunswick), and Chickering Fen (Calais).

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Vermont Business MagazineThe University of Vermont has received its second Gold rating from STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System for higher education. The university’s score of 70.87 placed it among the top 12 percent of all rated institutions.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) is pleased to announce the Direct Admissions program, which gives Community College of Vermont (CCV) graduates guaranteed transfer admission into Castleton University, Johnson State, Lyndon State or Vermont Tech, where students have the option of enrolling in one of nearly 50 bachelor’s degree programs, with mor

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Vermont Business Magazine OnSaturday, May 6, fromnoon to 6 pm, Southern Vermont College (SVC) will host the 2nd Annual BATS Trail Mix Event. This year, SVC students in the Sports, Recreation and Tourism Management program will once again partner with Bennington Area Trail System (BATS) to promote awareness, access and safe usage of our area trails.

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Vermont Business Magazine It's almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont. Youth spring turkey hunting weekend is April 29-30 this year, and the regular spring turkey season is May 1-31. What makes Vermont's spring gobbler season special? Vermont's turkey hunting is statewide during the spring season. Vermont's turkey population is one of the highest in New England.

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Vermont Business Magazine AccessCMO, a firm that focuses on marketing advice and counsel for growing businesses, has announced a discounted service rate for Women-owned businesses tied directly to the wage gap women face in the marketplace."When I started this firm, it was all about access -- giving small and growing businesses access to senior marketing leadership usually rese

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Vermont Business MagazineThe Vermont Fish & Wildlife Board is now in the process of seeking public input on a number of proposed fishing regulation changes that could go into effect starting in 2018.

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Vermont Business Magazine On Thursday April 6th at 11:30 am, Governor Phil School will join individuals personally touched by organ donation, VT DMV Commissioner Rob Ide, Members of the VT Organ and Tissue Donation Advisory Council, and Donate Life Vermont to announce April as Donate Life Month in Vermont, encouraging citizens to register as organ an