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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) proposed an amendment Tuesday to lower the cost of prescription drugs by letting Medicare negotiate drug prices and allowing for the importation from other countries of low-cost prescription drugs – both proposals advocated by President-elect Donald Trump. Republicans blocked the Sanders amendment.
Vermont Business Magazine The USDOL Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance in Washington, DC, issued a determination on November 15, 2016, approving the Vermont Department of Labor’s (VDOL) request for Trade Certification for the August 2015 laid-off workers from Keurig Green Mountain in Waterbury and South Burlington. Approximately 200 workers were laid off.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor-elect Phil Scott today chose the head of the Green Mountain Care Board and an assistant attorney general to fill two key cabinet posts. He also announced additional policy staff on his senior leadership team.
Vermont Business Magazine Howard Center recently appointed Kelly Deforge and Trevor J. Squirrell to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms. Kelly Deforge is a senior mortgage loan originator with Union Bank and has more than 20 years of experience in the housing finance industry.
Vermont Business Magazine Tom Alcorn, senior program coordinator at Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, recognized four volunteers at Vermont Adaptive’s Volunteer Orientation last month at Pico Mountain and Sugarbush Resort.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont has launched a new program called the Catamount Commitment guaranteeing that all Vermonters receiving federal Pell grants will pay no tuition and no comprehensive fee to attend the university, beginning with the class entering UVM in the fall of 2017.
Vermont Business Magazine Secretary of State Jim Condos announces that there will be a meeting of the three Vermont Electors of the President and Vice President of the United States on: Monday, December 19, 2016, 10:00 a.m., Room 11 of the State House in Montpelier, Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine During the most recent quarter, the Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) approved over $17.4 million in financing for economic and agricultural development projects throughout Vermont totaling $30.2 million.
Vermont Business Magazine Senate Judiciary Committee members led by Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) are calling on all senators to support a bipartisan amendment to benefit consumers and deter pharmaceutical companies from blocking cheaper generic alternatives from entering the marketplace.
Vermont Business Magazine VSECU, a credit union based in Montpelier, today announced it has been accepted as a member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), an independent network of values-based banks, banking cooperatives, credit unions, microfinance institutions, and community development banks from across the world.
Vermont Business Magazine Berkshire Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc (NYSE: BHLB) based in Pittsfield, MA, and Ronald N Lazzaro PC, an independent financial planning and investment services firm based in Rutland announced on Monday the completion of an asset purchase transaction on December 2, 2016, and the launch of a strategi
Vermont Business Magazine Champlain College has announced that beginning January 2017 active duty service members, National Guard members and members from Reserve Components of the US Armed Forces, and their spouses and eligible adult dependents now have access to its more than 50 nationally ranked, fully online post-secondary undergraduate and graduate degrees a