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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont consumers who own or lease certain Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter diesel vehicles will receive a cash payment from Volkswagen and will have the option of having their vehicle modified or repurchased by Volkswagen under t

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Governor Peter Shumlin each issued statements on US Senate action days before Vermont’s first-in-the nation GMO labeling law takes effect: “On Friday, Vermont will become the first state in the nation to require GMO labeling.

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by Stephanie Yu Young people and rich people are moving to Vermont. If this surprises you, you aren’t alone.

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Vermont Business Magazine OneCare Vermont, LLC and Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc announced Monday a collaboration to provide OneCare Vermont with comprehensive population health data in a system designed to improve data collection and clinical analytics capabilities.

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Vermont Business Magazine Ski Vermont donated a record breaking $19,050 to the Keep Local Farms Fund at Nea-Tocht Farm in Ferrisburgh on Satur

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Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Tuesday welcomed action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late Monday to finalize a rule on a long-delayed extractive industries transparency provision of the Wall Street reform law enacted in 2010.  The transparency provision was authored by Leahy and became Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street

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Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power is preparing for a strong wind and rainstorm that is forecasted to hit Tuesday afternoon and could cause outages across the state. The storm could blow trees onto power lines and also snap power poles at the base.

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Vermont Business Magazine Effective June 27, the organization formerly known as Women Helping Battered Women has changed its name to Steps to End Domestic Violence. The rationale for the change was to be more inclusive and welcoming to those who don’t identify as women or as “battered.”

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Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin and Health Commissioner Harry Chen, MD have announced that BAART Behavioral Health Services will open a new medication-assisted treatment center – or Hub – in the St Albans area, expanding the Care Alliance for Opioid Addiction's Hub & Spoke system of care.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Health Network announced today that Moody’s Investors Service, one of the major New York City-based bond rating services, has revised upward  the institution’s bond rating outlook from  “Stable” to “Positive.” Moody’s based its decision not only on the UVM Health Network’s strong financial performance but a

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Vermont Business Magazine Heat illnesses can be deadly. In extreme heat situations, sometimes your body's temperature control systems can't keep up. When that happens, your body temperature gets dangerously high. As a result, you are at greater risk of serious heat illness, such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps and sunburn.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Stowe Area Association presented the Stowe Business Person of the Year award at their Annual Membership Dinner, which was held on June 15th at the Commodores Inn. The Annual Stowe Business Person of the Year 2016 honor was awarded to David Wolfgang, owner of Pinnacle Ski & Sports, SkiEssentials.com, and Inner Bootworks. Wolfgang