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Vermont Business Magazine Castleton University's Castleton Polling Institute released its "Vermont Issues Poll" today. As is generally the case, jobs and the economy are seen as the most important problem facing the state of Vermont. The recent Castleton Poll found one-third of all respondents citing the economy as the most important issue facing the state.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Volkswagen car owners headed by Charlotte resident Robert Turnau have sued Volkswagen companies in Germany and the United States over damages they suffered as a result of the company’s falsification of emissions testing equipment.
Vermont Business Magazine Manor Resources, LLC (also known as “Turbo Title Loans”), an Illinois company that provides high-interest loans over the internet by requiring borrowers to assign their vehicle titles, will pay over $16,000 to five Vermont consumers and pay the State of Vermont $12,000 to settle claims that the company violated Vermont consumer protection and lending l
Vermont Business Magazine Merchants Bank announced today the anticipated consolidation of their Malletts Bay branch in Colchester, Vermont, as of January 15, 2016.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont’s part-time faculty, who are represented by United Academics, have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement.
Vermont Business Magazine By vastly reducing reliance on fossil fuels, increasing conservation and using more renewable electric, especially for transportation and heating, Vermont will reach its goal of meeting 90 percent of its energy needs through renewable sources by 2050.
Vermont Business Magazine Champlain College will celebrate the beginning of a new era of creativity and the arts on Saturday, Sept. 26 with the official opening of the College’s new Center for Communication and Creative Media (CCM) at 375 Maple St. The new facility will be open to the public for tours from 10 am to 1 pm during Family Weekend.
by Patrick Leahy Pope Francis’s visit this week to Washington, including his address to a Joint Meeting of Congress, will make history. And for many Americans, including me, it stirs memories from an earlier chapter.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has again declared October as Manufacturing Month in Vermont to coincide with the fourth annual national Manufacturing Day initiative. The purpose of these events is to generate more interest in the manufacturing segment of the economy and to draw attention to high-skill jobs in the manufacturing arena.
Vermont Business Magazine Mayor Miro Weinberger and other Burlington institutional leaders today announced a series of steps to strengthen the two-year-old BTV Ignite initiative which is dedicated to aligning Burlington’s powerful gigabit infrastructure as a tool, test bed, and accelerator for economic, educational, and community benefit. These next steps include:
Vermont Business Magazine Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the deadline to enroll for the dairy Margin Protection Program for coverage in 2016 has been extended until November 20, 2015.
Vermont Business Magazine Local community members and businesses have spent the past three years working to construct a 2.12 mile shared-use recreational path that would run along the Walloomsac River, connecting Bennington’s urban core to the village of North Bennington.