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Vermont Business Magazine Ledyard Financial Group (Ticker Symbol: LFGP) announced today a regular quarterly dividend of $0.48 payable September 2, 2016 to shareholders of record as of August 12, 2016. Ledyard Financial Group, Inc, headquartered in Hanover, NH, is the holding company for Ledyard National Bank.

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Vermont Business Magazine Ledyard Financial Group, Inc (ticker symbol LFGP), the holding company for Ledyard National Bank, with a branch in Vermont, today reported quarterly earnings for the second quarter of 2016.

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Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims increased last week after nearly a month of decline. Claims in 2016 generally have been running above 2015 claims. For the week of July 23, 2016, there were 639 claims, up 212 from the previous week's total and 220 more than they were a year ago.

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Vermont Business Magazine Matt Dunne, Democratic candidate for Governor, today unveiled an aggressive plan to tackle climate change and secure the state’s clean energy future.

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Vermont Business Magazine Shawn Shouldice, Campaign Manager for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman today issued the following statement in response to Phil Scott’s campaign news release earlier today. “The Scott campaign’s response to our ad related to the Lt.

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Vermont Business Magzine At an afternoon event in Rutland County Tuesday, the Vermont Sheriffs' Association endorsed Phil Scott for governor.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, at the Statehouse, Sue Minter was surrounded by environmental advocates to receive the endorsement of the Vermont Conservation Voters in her race for Governor. At the press conference, Minter reiterated her commitment to  Vermont’s bold goal to reach 90 percent renewable energy by 2050.

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Vermont Business Magazine Following President Obama’s signing of S764, which establishes a “National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard,” the Vermont Attorney General will no longer be enforcing Act 120, Vermont’s first-in-the-nation law requiring the labeling of f

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Vermont Business Magazine Late yesterday, United States District Court Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington ordered the Vermont Public Service Board to open Thursday's Vermont Gas Systems hearing to the public. The hearing regards the easement granted last week by the Hinesburg selectboard for Geprags Park in Hinesburg for the Vermont Gas pipeline project.

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Vermont Business Magazine For the second time this year, a case of West Nile virus disease in a Windsor County resident has been reported to the Vermont Department of Health.

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by Harry Chen, MD, Vermont Commissioner of Health I hope to answer some lingering questions about public health and refugees. Let’s start with the conclusion first: there is no significant public health risk associated with 100 Syrian refugees coming to Rutland. In clearing these individuals for entry into the US, extensive efforts are made to ensure good health.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) will hold the following public meetings in August.