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The Working Lands Enterprise Board announced on Tuesday this year’s 36 grant recipients – 24 agriculture and 12 forestry projects – for just over $1 million in both Working Lands and Local Food Market Development grant funding. These projects impact every county in Vermont, and leverage an additional $1.8 million in matching funds.
Vermont is the healthiest state for seniors, rising from fourth place last year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities. New Hampshire ranks second, improving one spot from last year.
by Rob Roper Love him or hate him, one has to concede that Bernie Sanders has had a tremendous impact on the political direction of Vermont over the past a quarter century plus. His influence has reverberated throughout the Green Mountains and in our State House. He has had spawned many acolytes in the activist community and in the halls of power.
Brandwatch, the leading social intelligence company, Tuesday released an extensive social data report focused on the restaurant, food and beverage industries. In the report, more than 2.5 million social media mentions were collected and analyzed.
Governor Peter Shumlin joined with students, Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Jeb Spaulding, and others Tuesday in Burlington to encourage Vermonters to apply for summer dual enrollment courses ahead of upcoming registration deadlines.
Vermont Business Magazine In order to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent in Vermont, renters need to earn $20.68 per hour, or $43,017 a year. This is Vermont’s 2015 Housing Wage, revealed in a report released today.
Attorney General Bill Sorrell, together with state law enforcement partners in every other state in the nation, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Trade Commission, has joined in filing a federal lawsuit in Arizona against four sham cancer charities and their operators, who allegedly scammed more than $187 million from consumers throughout the country.
On any given night, about 57,000 children under the care of our nation’s child welfare systems are going to bed without the care and comfort of a family.
The Green Mountain Care Board has received and begun its review of the 2016 proposed health insurance rates for plans offered through Vermont Health Connect, the state’s health benefit Exchange. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont has requested an average annual rate increase of 8.4 percent over 2015 rates.
NFP, a leading national insurance broker and consultant based in New York, has acquired Hackett Valine & MacDonald, Inc (HVM). The transaction closed on May 1, 2015. HVM, based in South Burlington, is a brokerage and consulting firm that specializes in P&C and employee benefits.
Expenses related to increases in the prices for medical care and prescription drugs in Vermont and Federal changes related to the Affordable Care Act require an 8.4 percent increase in premiums for Exchange-related qualified health plans, according to a rate filing prepared by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont, the state’s largest health insurer.
The Vermont Ski Areas Association is excited to announce the winners of the third annual Green Mountain Awards for Environmental Excellence at Vermont Ski Resorts.