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Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to the following 2010 Vermont Municipal Bond Bank bonds, issued under the 1988 General Resolution:
--$24,280,000 (federally taxable recovery zone economic development bonds) series 5.
The bonds are expected to sell via negotiation during the week of Nov. 15, 2010.
Vermont ranks 9th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations.
Weekly unemployment claims fell last week after rising briskly five of the previous six weeks. For the week of November 13, 2010, there were 893 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, an decrease of 484 from the week before. Altogether 8,768 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 273 from a week ago and 2,160 fewer than a year earlier.
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the 2010-11 winners of its N-Visioning a Brighter Future grant program, which awards funding to middle and high schools for creative, hands-on projects.
The Champlain Housing Trust announced today that TD Bank, through the TD Charitable Foundation, the bank’s charitable giving arm, has awarded the organization with a $50,000 capital grant to implement an innovative energy pilot program to reduce the energy bills of owners of its shared equity homes.
Northern Power Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of next-generation direct-drive wind turbines, today announced a partnership with Harvest the Wind Network. The Harvest the Wind Network was born out of a 4th generation family business - BTI Inc. BTI Wind Energy formed the Harvest the Wind Network of dealers to sell, service, and support wind energy products across North America.
Leaders of six citizens groups from around the state joined today with VCE and others to call on Governor-elect Shumlin and the new legislature to re-examine their support for utility-scale wind on Vermont’s ridgelines.
US Department of Housing & Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will deliver the keynote address at tomorrow's 2010 Vermont Statewide Housing Conference. He’s scheduled to speak between 9 and 10:15 a.m. Doors open at 8 a.m. Governor-elect Peter Shumlin also will speak at tomorrow’s conference.
A one cent per ounce tax on sugary beverages was the center piece of a new plan to reduce obesity in Vermont. Such a tax would add 12 cents to a can of soda and 67 cents to a two-liter bottle.
FairPoint Communications has met ‘ and surpassed ‘ another key broadband milestone in Vermont.
FairPoint pledged to make broadband available to 80 percent of its customers by the end of 2010 and as of Oct. 31, the company has bested that commitment, said Michael K. Smith, FairPoint state president for Vermont.
Greenpeace today flew an airship with a banner reading ‘Shut Down Vermont Yankee’ over what it calls "the risky and dangerous nuclear reactor" to send a message to Entergy, the plant’s corporate owners and potential buyers.
Governor Jim Douglas today said the Obama Administration has selected Vermont as one of eight states to participate in a demonstration project that is modeled after, and will strengthen, the groundbreaking Vermont Blueprint for Health.