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by Devon Green, VP of Government Relations, VAHHS While H.266 maintains its 340B protections, it has also evolved into a mechanism to address the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont (BCBSVT) financial crisis.
Vermont Business Magazine This fall, the Vermont Permanency Initiative (VPI), a residential treatment program for youth who have experienced complex trauma, will open a dedicated on-site equine facility—making it one of the only integrated programs of its kind in New England.
Vermont Business Magazine Every year, hundreds of adults and children from Vermont and northern New York enroll or participate in clinical trials at University of Vermont Cancer Center, providing them with local access to groundbreaking treatments while advancing cancer care and delivery for patients in the region and nationwide.
Vermont Business Magazine The Theresa Foundation has announced that James A. Caffry, distinguished attorney and partner at Caffry & Keating PLLC in Waterbury, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Theresa Award.
Vermont Business Magazine Sunday night, Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vermont-AL) released the following statement after the passage of the Republican budget out of the House Budget Committee late this evening: “In an economy already rigged against working people, Republicans are moving forward with sweeping cuts to the programs that millions of families afloat.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott signed into law the property tax rate "yield bill," H.491. The average increase in property taxes this year is 1.1%. Last year's increase was 13.8%. While costs have come down this year, the Legislature used $77.2 million in surplus funds from the General Fund as a one-time fix for FY2026, which begins this July 1.
Vermont State Police On the above date and time, Troopers responded to a report of a tractor trailer stuck in "the notch" on Rt 108S in the town of Cambridge.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Agency of Transportation’s State Highway Safety Office joins law enforcement agencies across the state and nation in urging drivers to Buckle Up today and every day.
Vermont Business Magazine Philo Ridge Farm, a nonprofit working demonstration farm dedicated to promoting organic regenerative agriculture, announces, after a nationwide search, Bryan Flower as Executive Director and Marc St. Jacques as Director of Food & Beverage and Executive Chef.
by Maggie Lenz and Nick Charyk H.454, the legislature’s education transformation bill, is expected to hit the Senate floor this week. Since passing out of the House, it has cleared three Senate committees and continues to consume a significant share of this session’s bandwidth. But confidence in the bill itself remains in short supply.
by Adam White, UVM The University of Vermont Board of Trustees approved at its annual May meeting the design and funding for a new Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHWB) building. The new building would replace and expand the existing clinic currently at the University Health Center, Rehab Wing which is under 6,000 gross square feet.
Vermont Business Magazine New data from the Vermont Department of Health shows a significant decline in opioid overdose deaths last year. According to the newly released Fatal Opioid Overdoses Among Vermonters Report, 183 Vermonters died from an opioid-related overdose in 2024, a 22% decrease from 2023 when 236 people died.