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Vermont Business Magazine Beginning on July 1, retailers were required to assess a new 6 percent sales tax (7 percent in local option towns) to “soft drinks” as recently redefined by lawmakers. Included in the tax changes enacted by the Vermont Legislature last month, is a new sales tax on a wide variety of beverages sold at retail stores.

Vermont Business Magazine Hannaford Supermarkets has donated $20,000 to support an innovative nutrition program for primary care patients at The University of Vermont Medical Center .

Vermont Business Magazine State Director, Linda Rossi, announced that Charley Ininger has been selected as the 2015 State Star of Vermont Small Business Development Center. Charles (Charley) Ininger is the Area Business Advisor for Central Vermont, serving Washington and Lamoille counties, and is the statewide Craft Beverage Specialist.

Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Ruth Finn of Barre to serve a third term as Commissioner on the state’s Vermont Commission on Women (VCW). Finn has served on the VCW since 2003 and brings a wealth of public service experience and an interest in women’s history to the Commission.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont has its fair share of flying insects, and mosquitoes seem to thrive here in the summer months. Mosquito surveillance, which includes the weekly collection and testing of specific types of mosquitoes, has begun across the state.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer on Monday announced that his office has initiated four new performance audits and an investigation.

Vermont Business Magazine Community Capital of Vermont (CCVT), based in Barre, New England’s highest volume SBA micro-lender, has completed second quarter loans to companies providing transportation, sustainable architecture, and home cleaning services; to entrepreneurs offering beauty supplies, making kimchi and hot sauce, and providing design solutions for nursing moms on the

Vermont Business Magazine Goddard College faculty and staff have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the terms of new, three-year union contracts. The ratification ends 27 months of negotiations between the College and bargaining units. The United Auto Workers, Local 2322, represents approximately 90 Goddard College faculty members and 45 college staff members.

Vermont Business Magazine Dynapower Company, the global leader in energy storage inverters based in South Burlington, Vermont, announced that it will be supplying the 250 kW energy storage inverters as an integral part of Tesla's recently announced Powerpack Commercial battery systems for large commercial and utility customers.

Vermont Business Magazine US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said on Sunday that he would take his presidential campaign to all corners of the country to highlight poverty in the United States and unite the nation behind ways to help working families and the collapsing middle class.

by Morgan True vtdigger.org Problems at Rutland Mental Health Services prompted a legislative hearing last week, which was a prelude to a review of all local designated agencies in the next legislative session. State officials placed Rutland Mental Health Services on probationary status this month.

Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund The VSJF Flexible Capital Fund has invested $285,000 in new and existing portfolio companies between 2013 through 1s