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Green Mountain Care Board Board Members and presenters will participate remotely through Microsoft Teams. Members of the public can attend board meetings by using the links or call-in phone numbers listed below. Wednesday, May 01, 2024: Board Meeting (1:00 pm). Draft Guidance on the Assessment of Affordability in the Review of Rates.

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Vermont Business Magazine Ledyard Financial Group, Inc (OTCQX: LFGP), the holding company for Ledyard National Bank based in Hanover, NH, with a branch in Norwich, Vermont, has announced financial results for Q1 2024.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, hosted a listening session in Waitsfield with community members and local leaders to discuss how Congress can better support rural communities in Vermont and across America.

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Vermont Business Magazine Dr. Ansel Augustine, D. Min, an award-winning author and speaker, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Assistant Director of African American Affairs of the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, will deliver the Commencement address at Saint Michael’s College to the Class of 2024. Dr.

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Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.64 per gallon, up 2.9 cents per gallon from last week's $3.61/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $3.30/g while the highest was $3.79/g, a difference of 49.0 cents per gallon. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 1.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.63/g today.

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The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets has released details for an upcoming Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) grant application. This new, one-time USDA funding will support the middle of the supply chain - meaning everything in between farm production and retail.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Women’s Fund, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation, and the Center for Women and Enterprise are pleased to announce grants from the Rise and Thrive campaign totaling $230,000 to women business owners affected by the July 2023 flooding that caused major damage in Vermont.

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by Norah White, Community News Service Lawmakers are weighing a bill to punish repeat shoplifters who otherwise would only face a string of misdemeanors — a move to discourage rising retail theft and clear court backlogs the state has been facing since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Leonine Public Affairs The Vermont legislature entered Week 16 of the session eyeing a May 10 adjournment date. The Senate approved its version of the FY2025 budget this week, and a number of key policy bills either passed out of committee or are very close to being finalized.

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Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Battery cell technology plays a pivotal role in the transition to renewable energy. Lightweight, dense, and rechargeable, batteries efficiently store and distribute power from sources such as solar or wind. But they haven’t always been readily available or locally sourced.

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Vermont Business Magazine This weekly report for April 29 is a list of planned construction activities that will impact traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.

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Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest will host a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Burlington. At the press conference, the U.S.