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Governor Peter Shumlin today highlighted the Governor’s Career Readiness Certificate (CRC), which ensures that Vermont workers meet industry-created national training standards to fill cutting edge jobs. He also urged prospective and even current workers and employers to participate in the certificate program to reduce workforce turnover and strengthen the skills and quality of employees.
FairPoint Communications has expanded broadband to more than 350 homes and businesses in Georgia and Fairfax.
FairPoint’s new fiber-based, high-capacity network ‘ called VantagePoint(sm) ‘ offers customers a better, faster way to communicate.
Business representatives that are creating local jobs from the state's net metering projects testified Wednesday before the Vermont Legislature in support of the program's expansion.
The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) formally announced yesterday its opposition to a fiscal year 2012 budget proposal by Governor Peter Shumlin that would allow all Vermonters eligible for Catamount Health Plans to enroll in the state’s Medicaid program.
By Vincent Illuzzi
Environmentalists have squared off against Vermonters who want to use all terrain vehicles (ATV's) on connector trails over public lands. But a battle that pits one group of outdoor enthusiasts against another is sure to create more heat than light.
Groundbreaking report reveals how colleges are saving millions of dollars with an innovative green financing model
Attorney General William Sorrell has joined with other state attorneys general to express continued support of national health care reform. The group includes the attorney generals of the states of Vermont, California, New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Delaware, and Hawaii.
Seventh Generation today announced that its Board of Directors has named John Replogle to serve as the company's Chief Executive Officer and President.
Chris Cole of South Burlington, the General Manager for the Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA), will direct a newly-formed division within the Agency that addresses all modes of transportation -- integrating the needs of automobiles, trucks, passenger and freight railroads, and public transit.
The Vermont Department of Health received laboratory data late last week from Entergy Vermont Yankee that indicates samples from groundwater monitoring well GZ-23S tested positive for low levels of tritium. Vermont Yankee’s lower limit of detection (LLD) for tritium is in the range of 670 to 700 picocuries per liter (pCi/L).
On February 9-10, one thousand building design and construction professionals will gather in Burlington, VT, to learn about the latest technical innovations and energy-efficient practices at the region’s premier building conference ‘ Efficiency Vermont’s Better Buildings by Design 2011.
There were 818 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week, a decrease of 61 from the week before, as the data has smoothed since its volatility in January and has been under 1,000 claims the last four weeks. Altogether 12,486 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 192 from a week ago and 2,340 fewer than a year earlier.