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Vermont Business Magazine In response to VT Digger’s story regarding the tangled web of impropriety that in Pat Leahy’s world passes for business as usual, US S
by Tom Pelham Vermont’s energy policies enacted and implemented over the past six years by the majority party parallel the same wasteful and undemocratic pattern as their healthcare and education policies. This 2015 report by the federal Energy Information Agency (EIA) provides baseline context for Vermont’s CO2 emissions.
Vermont Business Magazine VMEC Vermont Manufacturers Forum presents (link is external): A Problem Solving Symposium (link is external) Wednesday, October 5, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, GlobalFoundries, Essex Junction. This special VMEC Vermont Manufacturers Forum is an expansion of GlobalFoundries' annual Problem Solving Symposium.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is among ten senators who this week introduced legislation to reform the appeals process for veterans benefits. Because of redundancies and inefficiencies in the current process, most veterans wait years for decisions on their appeals.
Vermont Business Magazine Fundraising for the 11th Annual Kelly Brush Ride powered by VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations surpassed $400,000. The Saturday ride supported the Kelly Brush Foundation’s mission to empower those living with paralysis through sport and recreation and to improve ski racing safety.
Vermont Business Magazine On August 26, EcoSolutions, a Vermont-based engineering design/build firm specializing in the application of innovative ecological restoration technologies and use of low impact designs (LID) for stormwater and wastewater projects, deployed a two-part pilot project to explore the feasibility and performance of a new approach in mitigat
Vermont Business Magazine If you were anywhere near the Winooski River in Montpelier or Middlesex this past Saturday, you probably saw dozens of people wading through the water carrying buckets and pushing canoes full of tires.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and the Vermont Foodbank reported this week a 40 percent increase in food donations in 2016, topping the 25-30 percent increase seen in 2015. This announcement comes during September’s Hunger Action Month.
Vermont Business Magazine Black plastic doesn’t belong in your recycling bin. Black plastic is pretty easy to identify. It’s plastic, and it’s black. And in Chittenden County, it doesn’t belong in your recycling bin. We recommend reusing black plastic containers to store leftovers, or in a craft project.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin and Transportation Secretary Chris Cole today announced just over $4 million in transit grants to Green Mountain Transit and the Ascutney, Windsor and St Johnsbury regions. A $3.9 million Federal Transit Administration competitive grant was awarded to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) for purchasing buses
Vermont Business Magazine Less than a week after Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) and Representative Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) called on House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz to hold a hearing on recent prescription drug price hikes, the chairman announced a hearing to investigate the cause of and potential solutions to prevent skyrocketing drug
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has completed its review of a Vermont State Police investigation into a June 25, 2016, incident in Hartford, Vermont, in which an off-duty Hartford Police Department Officer shot and killed a dog.