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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott and Agency of Commerce and Community Development Secretary Michael Schirling today announced the appointment of Wendy Knight as Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. Knight, a longtime Addison County resident, joins the Department from the private sector.
Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power has lined up an army of crews to respond to outages expected from an extraordinary moisture laden spring storm already affecting parts of Vermont. The wet snow building up on tree branches is likely to cause outages across the state, especially in southern and central Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Attorney Tom Csatari has announced that the Upper Valley office of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC have moved to the Gateway I building at 67 Etna Road in Lebanon. The firm began welcoming clients at the new location last Monday.
Vermont Business Magazine Are we financially illiterate? Was our lack of financial acumen a cause of the Great Recession of 2008 and does it continue to undermine our nation's economic health? Unfortunately, the answer is yes to all of these questions, but until now, the extent of our financial ignorance had not been quantified.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) is pleased to announce the addition of four part-time staff members. Larissa Del Rosso Rayher, who spent 2016 as an intern for VBSR, has officially joined the team as a Program Assistant.
Vermont Business Magazine It was announced Thursday thatVolkswagen AG, Audi AG and Porsche AG, as well as their American subsidiaries, have agreed to pay over $157 million to 10 states – including $4.2 million to Vermont– to settle the environmental lawsuits first filed last summer by New York and Massachusetts challenging the companies’ secret use of unlawful “defeat device” s
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont will award honorary degrees at the May ceremony to Diane Greene, Martha Pattee Heath, David R. Nalin, M.D., Alexander Nemerov, and Patrick Wong. The university will also award an honorary degree to James Fallows, the 2017 commencement speaker.
Vermont Business Magazine Thursday, the House gave nearly unanimous preliminary approval to the Fiscal Year 2018 budget with a vote of 143 to 1. This budget takes the next major step towards fiscal sustainability while making targeted investments that support families, communities, and a healthy economy.
Vermont Business MagazineThe Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has received several reports of callers claiming to be conducting surveys on behalf of DFR’s Insurance and Banking Divisions. DFR is not conducting any surveys at this time.
Vermont Business Magazine Attorneys general from 12 states and the District of Columbia expressed their opposition to all legislative measures that would reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a letter to the USHouse and Senate Appropriations Committees.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Board of Trustees has added four new members with expertise in biomedical research, law, teaching, business and politics.
Vermont Business MagazineForecasters are calling for heavy wet snow, mixed with possible sleet and rain to hit VermontFridaymorning starting in Southern Vermont. The storm will then move North throughFridayinto the evening and intoSaturdaymorning. Green Mountain Power is preparing to ensure customer safety and reliability.