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Contract Includes 10%-15% Wage Increase, Professional Development Fund, Improved Job Security
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont joins the nation in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign beginning Friday, December 18, through January 3, 2016, with a strong law enforcement presence on Vermont highways.
Vermont Business Magazine Capitol Grounds Café and Roastery today announced a new, special edition coffee called Bernie’s Beans, named after Vermont’s U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin and his longtime partner, Katie Hunt, were married Tuesday night at a small ceremony at their home in East Montpelier, Vermont. The couple were married by the governor’s sister-in-law, Evie Lovett. Attending the ceremony were the Governor’s two daughters, Olivia and Becca, as well as the governor’s brother, Jeff Shumlin.
Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power was joined today with Franklin County leaders and champions of Lake Champlain to announce an innovative new project called Clean Power, Cleaner Lake. The program is the most substantive effort launched in the Lake Champlain basin to reduce phosphorous while generating electricity.
Champlain College study finds well-trained teachers key to financially literate high school students
Vermont Business Magazine A study released today by Champlain College’s Center for Financial Literacy (CFL) shows that the financial literacy skills of high school students improved dramatically when they were taught by teachers who received specialized training in a graduate-level course on how to teach personal finance to teenagers.
Vermont Business Magazine As part of the comprehensive approach to fighting the heroin and opiate crisis in Vermont, Governor Peter Shumlin today outlined a number of steps to better control the prescribing of powerful opioid painkillers in an effort to prevent opioid dependence and addiction.
by Carolyn Shapiro UVM It’s a formidable challenge to develop a syllabus for a college-level pharmacology course focused entirely on a drug that’s illegal to possess, use and even research under federal law.
Vermont Business Magazine After years of operating in basement offices scattered throughout town, Royalton town officials celebrated the opening of their new office building Monday with local, state, and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials.
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine Saying that sole-source state contracts should be used rarely, but are instead used for more than 40 percent of all contracts he reviewed, Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer today released the findings of an investigation into the prevalence of noncompetitive state contracting practices.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) has announced the results of its annual election of VMEC Advisory Board members held on December 8. The following Board members were re-elected to additional two-year terms: Dave Blittersdorf, President & CEO of All Earth Renewables, Inc.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin, Department of Buildings and General Services Commissioner Michael Obuchowski, and Transportation Secretary Chris Cole joined the partners of Maplewood LTD on Friday to sign an agreement and break ground on the state’s first 24-hour Vermont Traveler Services Center.