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Vermont students posted a strong showing on the 2010 College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams and Scholastic Assessment Tests (SAT), as well as the 2010 ACT exams, ranking fifth in the nation, the Department of Education announced today.
Organizers of Rutland’s annual Gift-of-Life Marathon congratulated the city of Boston today for beating its New England-record for a one-day blood drive ‘ and vowed to regain the record at the eighth annual event in December.
Results from the recount of the Democratic gubernatorial primary, which was completed today ahead of schedule, show that state Senator Peter Shumlin won by 203 votes. The official count just after the August 24 primary indicated he beat state Senator Doug Racine by 197 votes. Racine requested the recount because of the closeness of the initial tabulation.
The Addison County Chamber of Commerce recognized local businesses, organizations, and individuals with its annual awards during the Chamber’s annual meeting held on September 8th at Basin Harbor Club. Four awards were presented in front of a crowd of 135 attendees which included Governor Douglas, Chamber members and other local dignitaries.
In the run-up to the primary, state Senator Peter Shumlin issued the following economic plan. Now the Democratic nominee, his "Vision for Vermont" can be found here.
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has released a report showing that low-wage jobs will provide the biggest share of Vermont employment growth through 2018.
‘Unfortunately, many of the new jobs being projected for Vermont and America are low-paying jobs. We can and must do better,’ said Sanders, a member of the Senate labor committee.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday participated in the grand opening of a new community health clinic for Northeast Kingdom veterans.
Nine years after entering into a court order to settle claims of consumer fraud, Publishers Clearing House (PCH) has once again had to enter into a legal settlement with the VermontAttorney General’s Office, 31 other states and the District of Columbia.
The Vermont Democratic Party has filed a campaign finance violation complaint with the Vermont Attorney General's office against Brian Dubie and the Republican Governor's Association (RGA) based on reports that Dubie and the RGA coordinated the filming of the most recent RGA purchase on Dubie's behalf in violation of the law.
For the week of September 4, 2010, there were 628 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, an increase of 12 from the week before. Altogether 8,102 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 641 from a week ago and 2,535 fewer than a year earlier.
The so-called "French nuclear miracle" embraced by some US policymakers as a model for this nation is a misconception masking a pattern of fast-rising nuclear reactor construction costs and a "crowding out" of investments in renewable energy, such as wind, solar and hydro-electric power, according to a new study by Vermont Law School's Institute for Energy and the Environment.
With Labor Day figures showing the nation’s unemployment rate stuck at 9.6 percent, the Burlington area’s employment figures continue to be well below the national and state average.