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Vermont Business Magazine This afternoon, Matt Dunne submitted over a thousand ballot access petition signatures to the office of Secretary of State Jim Condos, making his candidacy for governor official.
Vermont Business Magazine The 32nd annual Vermont Chamber Business & Industry EXPO will take place Thursday at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center.
Vermont Business Magazine The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) has received a Regional Workforce Partnership grant from the Vermont Department of Labor to further support their newest workforce development program, the BDCC Cluster Roundtable Initiative. The grant is for $9,000, and will support the program for the upcoming fiscal year.
Vermont Business Magazine The Public Service Department through its Division for Telecommunications and Connectivity today announced its second round of grant funding under the Connectivity Initiative to deploy broadband to under-served communities throughout Vermont. Applications for funding from the Connectivity Initiative are open to Internet service providers (ISPs).
Vermont Business Magazine At its 2016 Top 100 Supplier Conference Tuesday, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc, a personal beverage system company based in Waterbury, announced the recipients of its first annual
by Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges Of the 6,000 or so Vermonters about to graduate from high school, more than 2,000 are unlikely to further their education after June. They will join a growing cohort of young Vermonters who lack the credentials necessary to succeed in our economy. In fact, Vermont has the lowest college enrollment rate in New England.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today signed into law H.84, legislation that cracks down on online dating scams and provides greater consumer protections in a number of other areas. The legislation was a priority of Attorney General Bill Sorrell.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Student Assistance Corp and State Treasurer Beth Pearce today announced that $4 million in local investment financing will be directed to lower the fixed rates on Vermont Advantage loans for parents and students, starting at 4.8 percent, the lowest rates ever offered.
by John McClaughry The 2016 legislative session is now history, and it’s worthwhile to assess its production. My criteria include preserving fiscal responsibility, advancing liberty, limiting government, and thwarting various hungry special interests. The basic facts are readily available from the thorough reporting by VTDigger.org.
Vermont Business Magazine A relatively unknown molecule that regulates metabolism could be the key to boosting an individual’s immunity to the flu – and potentially other viruses – according to research
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s congressional delegation – Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch – announced today that firefighters throughout Vermont will receive $679,285 through three federal grants.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont has the 15th-largest gap between senior citizens’ incomes and 45-64 year-olds’ incomes, according to a new Bankrate.com report. Financial experts’ rule of thumb is that retirees need 70 percent of the income that they earned during their working years.