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Vermont Business Magazine While Vermont has the lowest rate in the nation, at about a quarter of the US average, a change is under way in the nation's approach to dealing with youth incarceration. Although the United States still leads the industrialized world in the rate at which it locks up young people, the youth confinement rate in the US is rapidly declining.
by Bill Schubart With the highest incarceration rate in the world, American liberals and conservatives are crossing ideological lines to question why. For every 100,000 citizens, China jails 165, Russia 450, and the U.S. 754. In 2008, one in 100 Americans were behind bars and one in 32 was under the supervision of the criminal justice system.
Vermont Business Magazine Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent weekly newspaper, won nine awards in this year’s New England Better Newspaper Competition — including top honors for its government reporting, video journalism and design.
Vermont Business Magazine After forceful winds up to 90 mph that blew thru the state, Green Mountain Power crews have restored power to more than 20,000 customers.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin provided the following update on the situation in North Bennington where a number of private wells have tested positive for a potential harmful chemical called PFOA. The public water supply is not affected. Water testing starts today.
by Jennifer Nachbur Results of the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) trial presented February 17, 2016, at the International Stroke Conference 2016 in Los Angeles, Calif., and published in an Online First article in the New England Jou
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Center for Independent Living is hosting a vigil at City Hall Park in Barre from 5 to 7 pm March 1 to honor people with disabilities who have been murdered in Vermont and elsewhere at the hands of their caregivers.
Vermont Business Magazine A new population health initiative at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) is developing innovative ways of delivering care, and accelerating the process for implementing those innovations, in a “collaborative living laboratory.” The Population Health Collaboratory at D-H leverages the care provided through the clinical delivery of the D-H health system
Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Foundation has announced the appointment of Kathryn Brooks of Dorset, VT, and Scott Seidel, of Arlington, VT, to its Board of Directors.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) Monday issued the following joint statement ahead of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Tuesday markup of legislation introduced by Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) that would block Vermont and other states from requiring labels on foods containing genetically
Vermont Business Magazine The ALS Association of Northern New England has awarded a $37,500 grant to the ALS Center at the University of Vermont Medical Center to support patients and families struggling with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Wounded Warrior Project A special gathering for wounded veterans who endured the elements to learn a new, unique skill in Vermont.