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The House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development on Friday voted out its jobs bill with a favorable vote of 9-1-1. The bill assembles two dozen initiatives and focuses on the urgency of supporting business expansion and job creation in Vermont. It places special emphasis on enhancing the manufacturing and value-added agricultural sectors in Vermont.
The Stowe Rotary has donated $2,500 to Copley Hospital toward the purchase of telemetry equipment. Telemetry is used to monitor and record a variety of patient parameters, such as an EKG, from a remote location. This means that the patient’s vital signs may be monitored less intrusively 24 hours a day both at the bedside and at Copley’s Nurses Station.
With energy prices on the rise, Vermont Yankee’s license expiring in 2012, and recent instability in the Middle East, Williston-based AllEarth Renewables is hosting an energy series in five local communities this March.
Middlebury College and the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, one of the state’s leading backers of emerging high-tech businesses, have agreed to a deal that will provide the organization with a beachhead in Middlebury.
by Anne Galloway, vtdigger.org
A single-payer health care system would likely save money in the first few years of implementation, but over time costs would likely outstrip revenues, according to Steve Klein, director of the Vermont Joint Fiscal Office.
The House Health Care Committee asked Klein to evaluate the financial implications of the Hsaio single-payer report on Thursday.
by Anne Galloway www.vtdigger.org
The Vermont Agency of Transportation announced today that it will begin testing a TowPlow as part of its ongoing effort to explore new technologies to improve winter maintenance operations during heavy snow events. The new equipment test will take place during the next few storm events along I-89, northbound and southbound, between Brookfield (mile marker 35) and Berlin (mile marker 50).
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced today that he will bring the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to Vermont for a hearing on Monday, March 7, to look at ways to protect and promote Vermont’s unique brand.
With turmoil spreading across the Middle East, light sweet crude oil spiking above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008, and summer driving season fast approaching, Rep.
Stephen P Marsh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Community Bancorp and Community National Bank is pleased to announce the recent appointment of James (Jake) G Wheeler, Jr as a Director to Community Bancorp’s Board.
Hundreds of young cross-country skiers from Vermont and all over New England will arrive in Ripton this weekend for two days of games, races and fun on snow.
by Anne Galloway, vtdigger.org. Legislative committees in the House of Representatives are in wind up mode before the big mid-session break ‘ town meeting week ‘ and the action in the infield will be intense as lawmakers gear up to make a final pitch for bills. The last day to introduce legislation is Feb. 28, and the deadline is coming up hard and fast for big bills.