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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today released a public service announcement video intended to raise awareness about his offer to consider pardons for those convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana. The PSA was recorded and produced with the help of ORCA Media.

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Vermont Business Magazine With leaders of Vermont’s environmental community at his side, Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) renewed his commitment to reform the federal ethanol mandate in the new Congress that convenes in early January.

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by Bill Schubart There are two types of religion in the world today, those inspired by divinities and divinely inspired prophets once living among us such as Christ, Buddha, Mohammed, and Moses and those altered or fabricated by men to their own earthly purposes.

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Vermont Business Magazine Department of Vermont Health Access officials reminded Vermonters of a key health insurance deadline coming up this week. December 15 (this Thursday) is the last day to sign up with Vermont Health Connect for a health plan that will be effective January 1.

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Vermont Business Magazine Wheels for Warmth, a program that raises funds to help Vermonters heat their homes, announced today that its 2016 tire collection and sale raised $54,717 for emergency fuel assistance programs. Tire collections were held at 15 locations around the state this year.

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Vermont Business Magazine “‘Implicit bias’ is one factor that may contribute to disparities in the Vermont criminal justice system,” states the final report of the Attorney General’s Working Group on Law Enforcement Community Interactions.

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Vermont Business Magazine The RE/MAX INTEGRA, New England 2017 Market Outlook Report predicts continued housing market strength in early 2017 across the New England states driven by low interest rates, demand from first-time buyers and a sustained preference for affordable homes close to cities.

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor-elect Phil Scott today announced the appointments of Thomas D Anderson as Commissioner of Public Safety and Julie Moore as Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR).

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Vermont Business Magazine At its meeting on December 6, Vermont Medicaid’s Drug Utilization Review Board (DURB) voted to lift some of the restrictions that currently prevent most Vermont Medicaid patients with hepatitis C from accessing life-saving cures.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc (VITL) and PatientPing, Inc. announce the immediate availability of home health agency patient encounter notifications to the PatientPing care community.

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Vermont Business Magazine Joseph Perras, MD, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC). The appointment follows months of collaborative work between the MAHHC Board of Trustees and senior leadership of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) to determine the right leadership for the Hospital.

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Champlain College Report Card: 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.