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The Vermont Troopers Association (VTA) announced today that its members have ratified its first collective bargaining agreement with the State of Vermont. The VTA separated from the Vermont State Employees Association in the fall and formed its own organization made up exclusively of state police officers.
Renewable Energy Vermont (REV), a Montpelier-based nonprofit representing more than 300 energy companies, banks, law firms, colleges and others working in the growing sustainable energy field, announced Tuesday the hiring of longtime journalist Susan Allen as executive director."We are thrilled to have Sue join us at this juncture.
The Vermont Retail Association and the Vermont Grocers Association have been working intensively with the Vermont legislature to draft and enact into law a new bill that will prohibit current abusive practices by credit card companies.
State Treasurer Jeb Spaulding announced today that Vermont successfully sold $20 million of Vermont Citizen bonds and another $38.83 million of general obligation refunding bonds on February 25. The sale was planned as a two-day process; however, the bonds sold out entirely by the middle of the first day.
On March 10, 2010, the Vermont Department of Education released the list of Vermont s ten persistently low-achieving schools as required by the US Department of Education (USED). Due to a calculation error at the Vermont department, that list was incorrect. Two schools that were classified have been removed, and two schools that were not on the March 10 list have now been added.
The Vermont Public Service Board has reversed its ruling from 2005 that required SuperMedia LLC to separate the FairPoint Yellow Pages and the FairPoint White Pages directories in Vermont. The directories will be combined into a single telephone directory beginning with distribution of new books in May.
The Ethan Allen Institute presents Sheraton Economic Series 2010 lecture, "Regulating the Banks: Lessons from the Recent Crisis" featuring Dr Meir G Kohn, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College. The event will be held at the Sheraton Burlington Emerald Ballroom, Thursday, March 18, 5-7 pm.
Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee recently joined his counterparts in the Northeast to write USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack encouraging him to consider the benefits of reinstating the federal support price for cheddar block and barrel cheese and non-fat dry milk back to the levels established by USDA last August.
The February 2010 Mortgage Monitor report, released by Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of mortgage performance data and analytics, shows that while delinquency rates in the U.S. have risen to historic highs, the pace of deterioration has slowed. However, the nation's housing market remains far from a full recovery.
Average retail gasoline prices in Vermont have risen 4.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.85/g today. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.78/g, according to gasoline price website VermontGasPrices.com.
Central Vermont Public Service (NYSE: CV) reported consolidated earnings of $20.4 million, or $1.74 per diluted share of common stock, for the 12 months of 2009, compared to $16 million, or $1.52 per diluted share of common stock, for the same period in 2008.
Governor Jim Douglas received the National Order of Québec (l Ordre national du Québec) yesterday at a ceremony in the Québec National Assembly, becoming only the 4th American and first American public official to receive the honor.