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Vermont Business Magazine The latest 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book state rankings place Vermont 5th in the nation in an index of child well-being. The rankings, released every year by the Annie E Casey Foundation, focus on key trends in child well-being in four domains: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community.
Vermont Business Magazine While Vermont's unemployment rate stayed at the same level it's been for three months, all three of the key elements continued to improve slightly, as the Labor Force increased, Employment was up and Unemployment was down. The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that the seasonally-adjusted statewide unemployment rate for June was 3.6 percent.
Vermont Business Magazine An underwater power line from Canada could mean upwards of $720 million for Vermont electric ratepayers and to help clean up Lake Champlain, among other environmental and economic goals, if it comes to fruition. The $1.2 billion project has a 2019 target for completion.
Vermont Business Magazine Community College of Vermont has been awarded over $1.7 million in TRIO funding from the United States Department of Education. The College will receive approximately $340,000 annually for five years to fund the Student Support Services (SSS) program. The SSS program at CCV serves 225 students annually.
by John McClaughry Senator Bernie Sanders is out on the Presidential campaign trail, and he says he’s “talking about what I believe is the most important issue facing the American people: the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality.
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont Medical Center has appointed Mary Kate FitzPatrick, DNP, RN., NEA-BC, FAAN to the executive leadership position of chief nursing officer, effective September 21, 2015. FitzPatrick will also play an integral role with the UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Vermont Business Magazine Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) has been selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, announced today by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
Vermont Business Magazine A new solar farm is powering the state’s correctional facility in St Albans and has helped fund the wish for a local Make-A-Wish child.
Vermont Business Magazine Burlington Electric Department today is warning its customers against a bill payment scam underway in Burlington. The scam involves BED customers – in particular, hair salons – receiving phone calls from persons identifying themselves as BED representatives threatening to cut off their power if outstanding bills are not paid within one hour.
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin, Barre Mayor Thom Lauzon, and public safety and emergency management officials today provided an update on last night’s flooding affecting parts of eastern and central Vermont, including Barre and Plainfield. The fast-moving storm dropped between four and six inches of rain last night.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Gas on Friday submitted its latest quarterly filing regarding its Addison Rutland Natural Gas Project (ARNGP) with the Vermont Public Service Board. The company reports no material change in overall cost for the project since its last filing in April 2015.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) on Friday joined officials and researchers at the University of Vermont Miller Farm to announce that more than $15 million in grants and funding has been awarded to the university in the year-and-a-half since the 2014 Farm Bill was signed into law.