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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch said in a joint statement today: “We learned this morning that the City of Rutland will receive refugees who have fled the relentless violence in Syria and Iraq, sometimes with just the clothes on their backs.
Vermont Business Magazine US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the city of Burlington to help restore, redevelop, and enhance resiliency of the Moran Plant, a former Municipal Electric Generating Station and nationally recognized historic site.
Vermont Business Magazine The City of Burlington wants to use waste heat from several major sources around town, which otherwise would be vented into the atmosphere, and use it to heat buildings and create hot water.
Vermont Business Magazine The Burlington Board of School Commissioners said today that it and the teachers' union (Burlington Education Association) are considering resuming negotiations on a new contract.
Vermont Business Magazine The City of Burlington is one of five winners of the “Neighborly Bonds Challenge,” a contest that called on public agencies interested in offering their communities the opportunity to invest directly in local projects through the purchase of municipal bonds.
Vermont Business Magazine Howard Center management has confirmed that the agency’s Board of Trustees have approved a two-year contract with Local 1674 of AFSCME Council 93, which represents 723 Howard Center direct care workers, 112 of whom are members of the union. The agency, based in Burlington, employs over 1500 employees.
Vermont Business Magazine Tourism Commissioner Megan Smith released her October newsletter and fall travel and tourism report today.
Vermont Business Magazine Rural Housing Service Deputy Administrator, Bryan Hooper, the top multi-family housing official for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), was in Lyndonville Friday to celebrate nearly $2 million of USDA loans that will help RuralEdge rehabilitate aging housing stock.
by Doug Hoffer Voters receive a lot of information during campaigns and it’s important to check the facts. For example, Lieutenant Governor Scott recently said “We’ve lost nearly 2,500 workers per year since 2010” (August 31 Burlington Free Press). This is true, but misleading.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has sued a New Hampshire couple for illegally soliciting contributions for a digital projector to “save” the Randall Drive-In located in Bethel. “Crowdfunding can be a legitimate way to raise money for a cause, but it is also subject to abuse.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Alumni Association and UVM Foundation honored outstanding graduates and faculty at its annual Alumni Weekend celebration on Saturday, September 24, 2016.
Vermont Business Magazine Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced bipartisan legislation with Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) that would address a loophole in the Medicare 340B Drug Pricing Program that is contributing to the rising cost of health care for consumers and threatening access to lifesaving medications.