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Vermont Business Magazine Today, as expected, the Vermont State Colleges System Board of Trustees voted unanimously to unify Johnson and Lyndon State Colleges into a single accredited college with two distinctive campuses, following preliminary approval at its July 22, 2016 meeting.
by Mike Faher/The Commons The controversial Stiles Brook Wind Project proposal is about to change. Developer Iberdrola Renewables has scheduled two public meetings to discuss revisions to the project’s size and its economic impacts. Currently, plans call for a 28-turbine wind energy site that would be Vermont’s largest.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the facts presented in a complaint which merely suggested the general possibility of a Vermont campaign finance law violation were not sufficient to trigger a civil investigation.
by Mike Faher/The Commons Entergy is selling its Brattleboro properties, including a former office complex and training center that had supported the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. On one hand, it’s yet another sign of the end of the Vermont Yankee era.
by Michael Bielawski and Emma Lamberton Vermont Watchdog Governor Peter Shumlin announced Wednesday that his administration has a draft agreement with the federal government to make Vermont the first state to adopt an all-payer health care model.
Vermont Business Magazine Grassroots Solar of Dorset has announced an exclusive partnership with industry leader sonnenBatterie, Inc, an energy storage solution company based in Germany. A dominant player in Europe, sonnenBatterie has recently entered the US market.
Vermont Business Magazine Phil Scott, Republican candidate for gvernor, toured Springfield Hospital Tuesday and presented his healthcare reform priorities to a group of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center employees as part of the hospital’s Health Policy Grand Rounds series.
Vermont Business Magazine The Sue Minter for governor campaign is fighting back against an ad from the national Republican Governors Association that went on air yesterday with what the campaign says is a misleading attack ad against the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
Vermont Business Magazine The Republican Governors Association launched a new digital campaign today in the Vermont governor’s race, detailing what it calls Sue Minter’s support for the failed policies of her mentor Peter Shumlin. This digital campaign is housed at MintersMentor.com and will highlight news, research and insight regarding what it says is Mint
Vermont Business Magazine Frequent storms across the northeastern United States, including Vermont, this winter may lead to an above-normal season for snowfall, according to the AccuWeather Global Weather Center. Unlike last season, in which most of winter's snowfall came from a few heavy-hitting storms, this winter will last into the early or middle pa
Vermont Business Magazine Clean, renewable energy is now powering BioTek Instruments. The company’s headquarters and manufacturing plant in Winooski will receive power from their new five-acre photovoltaic solar energy farm in Whiting, Vermont.
by Travis Belisle As a long-time community-minded local businessman whose family businesses have been employing fellow Vermonters for decades, doing the right thing for the environment and the Vermont economy is not new to me.