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Vermont Business Magazine World Cup ski racing returns to Vermont’s Killington Resort with the 2024 Stifel Killington Cup taking place on Thanksgiving weekend, November 29 - December 1. This year's event will have no shortage of passion and excitement, especially since Mikaela Shiffrin is on track for her historic 100th win as the fastest female ski racer.

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Vermont Business Magazine After filing Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) in September to block the sale of certain offensive arms to Israel, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today rose to bring the JRDs up for a vote by the full Senate. The JRD is the only formal mechanism available to Congress to prevent an arms sale noticed by the Administration from advancing. 

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Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in collaboration with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), will adjust hours of operation for 38 ports of entry (POEs) along the U.S. northern border, beginning at midnight, Jan. 6, 2025.

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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine On November 14, the Vermont Public Utility Commission approved the sale of the corporate parent of Vermont’s largest landline telecommunications provider, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc (CNSL).

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Vermont Business Magazine As the nation contends with dwindling disaster relief funds, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-At Large) today called for the urgent passage of supplemental funding to help communities recover from natural disasters that have devastated Vermont and states across the country.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has seen an uptick in health care scams. DFR reminds Vermont residents that the only legitimate, State-certified individual health insurance plans available in Vermont are Qualified Health Plans.

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Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Mike Pieciak’s office hosted its second “Climate Finance Roundtable,” convening national and local leaders from across sectors to strengthen coordination in securing and deploying federal funding for climate infrastructure and resilience projects in Vermont. The discussion highlighted the potential implications of the 2024 election

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Vermont State Police On November 20, 2024, at approximately 0808 hours, Troopers from the Vermont State Police – Rutland Barracks responded to a reported single-vehicle crash on Wheelerville Rd. in the Town of Mendon. Upon arrival, Troopers located a 2015 Nissan Titan off the east side of the roadway, down an embankment, resting against a tree.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office today announced the conclusion of their independent review of the officer-involved shooting incident that occurred on June 12, 2024, in Orange, Vermont.

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NCH, NMC, RRMC & UVMHN As Vermont’s non-profit hospitals navigate the impact of future and ongoing decisions by state officials, we are working together to protect patient care in our communities. The recent announcement by University of Vermont Health Network to transition operation of dialysis clinics in Newport, Rutland and St.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Attorney General’s Office announced that Amy Trela, 48, and Alicia Russell, 30, of Chittenden County, Vermont, have pled guilty to criminal charges of theft through false pretenses as part of a negotiated resolution of charges stemming from a five-year conspiracy to defraud Vermont Medicaid. Ms. Trela pled before Judge Michael S.

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Vermont Business Magazine GlobalFoundries (Nasdaq: GFS) (GF) and the U.S. Department of Commerce have announced an award of up to $1.5 billion in direct funding to GF through the CHIPS and Science Act.