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Governor Peter Shumlin issued the following statement after the House gave preliminary approval to H187, earned sick leave legislation. The Vermont House approved the Earned Paid Leave bill, in a vote of 72-63, last Thursday night.
In what will be the highest volume customer for compressed natural gas in the nation, NG Advantage LLC – a Clean Energy company (NASDAQ: CLNE) - announced today that it has signed a contract to work with Intern
Eric Lipton, longtime reporter for the New York Times and a graduate of UVM’s Class of 1987, is among this year’s recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, which were announced on April 20.
The Rutland City Board of Aldermen has approved a request from College of St Joseph to waive a substantial initial water allocation fee and to stabilize the college’s water and sewer bill over the first five years of the college’s expanded usage. The Community and Economic Development Committee unanimously voted earlier in the month to recommend that the Aldermen approve the deal.
Over 110,000 Vermonters may be eligible for a refund of Sirius XM satellite radio charges from between July 28, 2008, and December 4, 2014, if they file a complaint by May 1, 2015. The average consumer refund is $95.
Registration is now open for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility’s (VBSR) Annual Spring Conference: 25 Years of Changemaking in Action. VBSR’s largest event of the year, and Vermont’s largest gathering of socially responsible business professionals, will be held Wednesday, May 13 from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM at the University of Vermont’s LEED Certified Davis Center in Burlington.
The Vermont Natural Resources Council is accepting nominations for the 2015 Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership. "Every year, VNRC honors the legacy of Art Gibb – his commitment to safeguarding Vermont’s values and unique landscape, along with his leadership, vision and dedication to building consensus,” said Kate McCarthy, VNRC’s Sustainable Communities Program Director.
Castleton State College has announced that former Vermont State Colleges chancellor Tim Donovan will give the address at the college’s 2015 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9 at 11 am in the Castleton Pavilion. Donovan recently retired from a career in higher education that spanned four decades, culminating in five years as the Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges.
Marking Earth Day, Governor Peter Shumlin announced the expansion of the Heat Saver Loan program. He said it will help Vermonters increase the efficiency of their homes and save money on their energy bills while creating jobs and reducing greenhouse emissions.
Mortgage data from February indicate that Vermont, like the rest of the nation, continues to see a drop in home foreclosures and delinquent mortgage loans. Vermont fell to 6.9 percent of all mortgages (third lowest in the East among states) while the national rate also fell to 6.9 percent. Vermont's "bad mortgage" rate has fallen 15.4 percent from a year ago.
by Governor Peter Shumlin The millions of Americans who gathered in communities across the nation for the first Earth Day in 1970 succeeded in making progress on the major environmental challenges of that time.
by Public Assets Institute More than 1,200 Vermonters left the unemployment lines so far this year, but they didn’t all go back to work. In the first three months of 2015, employment — including self-employment — rose by 687, to 335,006. Meanwhile, the labor force — people working or seeking work—shrank by 577.