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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today at Union Elementary School in Montpelier celebrated a law that guarantees access to pre-kindergarten for all three and four year olds in Vermont. The law, which the governor signed in 2014, goes into effect July 1 and will ensure all Vermont kids have access to Pre-K this coming school year.
by Guy Page This spring advocates of divestment of fossil fuel stocks by public pensions, led by Governor Peter Shumlin, pushed the legislature to legally change the Vermont Pubic Investment Committee (VPIC) mandate from maximizing returns for beneficiaries to making toothless political statements with public assets.
Vermont Business Magazine The following message was shared with the University of Vermont community at about 10:30 am Thursday morning. A construction worker died after an early morning fall at a new residence hall construction site. The worker's name has not yet been released.
Vermont Business Magazine The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed an amendment to the State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill that would fund the Green Climate Fund, an essential part of the international climate agreement reached in Paris last fall.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets (VAAFM) has announced its adjusted fee schedule, from register and inspect lime products (up $10) to maple processor's fee (2,500 gallons or more for repackaging, up $50) to certification of seed potatoes (up $10 plus $1 per acre) to wild plants – ginseng licensing (up $15) to meat retail large vendo
Vermont Business Magazine In May the Bennington Select Board adopted three new business and residential incentive programs that will directly impact the community’s downtown core. The three programs use funds already earmarked for economic and community development efforts, but put a fine point on a broad brush as to how a portion of these funds can be applied.
Vermont Business Magazine While gold prospecting is a fun summertime activity, the Agency of Natural Resources reminds the public that while anyone can pan for gold by hand, a state permit is required when using a sluice box. Recently, Environmental Enforcement Officers and Game Wardens made contact with several recreational mineral (gold) prospectors in and around st
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has announced the syllabus of 2016-2017 migratory bird hunting seasons is now available. A printable copy of the regulations can be downloaded from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com).
Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Wednesday announced that Vermont will receive more than $7 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help Vermont communities with prevention and preparedness.
Vermont Business Magazine The City of South Burlington received word this afternoon that Judge Crawford approved the motion for the City of South Burlington to participate as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the F35 National Environmental Policy Act Litigation—Zbitnoff et al v. Deborah Lee James.
Vermont Business Magazine RSG has been named (#79) one of FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials” – a list determined entirely upon employees’ own feedback and selected from a database of more than 600 Great Place to Work-Certified organizations. To create the list, Fortune asked Great Place to Work to survey more than 88,000 millennials (born 1981 or late
Vermont Business Magazine At its June meeting, the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board awarded $4,597,550 to conserve nearly 3,260 acres of farmland, recreational land and town forests in 20 towns and to provide for home ownership and housing accessibility around the state.