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Vermont’s congressional delegation ‘ Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) ‘ on Wednesday applauded the announcement by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand assistance to Vermont for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP).
University of Vermont President Daniel Mark Fogel today announced that he will step down as president effective July 1, 2012, exactly 10 years after he took office as the university's 25th president. Fogel said he plans to assume his full-time faculty appointment as Professor of English at UVM after the administrative leave that will follow his last year in the presidency.
On March 22, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) raised Vermont Electric Cooperative's (VEC) credit rating to 'A-' from 'BBB' and gave VEC a stable outlook.
There were 845 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 167 from the week before. Altogether 12,312 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 13 from a week ago and 2,879 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,056 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 4 more than a week ago.
Vermont business leaders and organizations today voiced concern over the advancement of H.202 the Health Care Reform bill, and the uncertainty it is causing many businesses.
Governor Peter Shumlin today announced his support for the reappointment of Public Service Board Chair Jim Volz for a six-year term.
‘Chair Volz has been a judicious Chair for the past six years,’ Gov. Shumlin said. ‘Vermont would be well served by his reappointment.’
After a strong 2010 with the licensing of its 900th captive insurance company, the State of Vermont is proposing changes to the Captive Insurance law in the Legislature as part of its annual enhancements to its captive statute, according to the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA).
The Vermont congressional delegation has called on the Army and National Guard to continue funding an essential outreach program for Vermont veterans returning from deployments in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Jan Blittersdorf, CEO/Owner of NRG Systems (www.nrgsystems.com), was recently named chair of the American Wind Wildlife Institute (AWWI) (http://www.awwi.org/).
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Tom Evslin, inventor, entrepreneur, and former Vermont Chief Technology Officer, will be the featured speaker at the Ethan Allen Institute’s second Sheraton Economic Series program of 2011.
Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) has passed a major milestone: The Agency has issued more than $3 billion in bonds to finance homeownership and rental opportunities for low- and moderate-income Vermonters.