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Vermont Business Magazine A peer-reviewed study published this month in Health Services Research, one of the nation’s leading health policy journals, has found that Vermont’s Support and Services at Home (SASH) model is a highly cost-effective health approach to keeping older adults healthy and helping them avoid catastrophic health crises, like strokes and heart 
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Senate leaders, joined by the State Treasurer’s Office, health care advocates, workers, and providers, today outlined a major package of legislation advancing this session aimed at lowering health care costs for families and reducing pressure on property taxpayers.
Vermont Business Magazine First Children’s Finance Vermont has announced the latest recipients of the Make Way for Kids (MWFK) Infant and Toddler Capacity Building Grants, supporting early childhood entrepreneurs who are expanding access to high-quality, affordable child care across the state.
Vermont Business Magazine In the aftermath of Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy’s repeated and dangerous misinformation campaign inaccurately linking vaccines to autism, Sen.
by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported last week that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations have edged back up to just over 5 cases statewide. Other indicators through wastewater analysis show COVID-19, Norovirus and especially RSV in Vermont and nationally are active.
by Devon Green, VAHHS Sr. Vice President of Policy & Strategy As always, Crossover Week was a wild ride as some bills advanced out of their policy committees and lived to see another day and other bills died on the wall. See below for a recap of our biggest bills. We’ll have a full analysis next week.
by Mona Abou, Community News Service Employers would be prohibited from requiring workers to use their parental and family leave after a work-related injury or illness under H.459. The bill was introduced during the last legislative session in April 2025. Rep.
Vermont Business Magazine Judy Schaechter M.D., MBA, Division Director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention and Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at the University of Miami has been appointed as the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Robert Larner, M.D.
Vermont Business Magazine With National Poison Prevention Week kicking off, local Kinney Drugs pharmacists are hoping to prevent several common situations such as: Someone taking a medication prescribed for another person, a child getting into a medicine cabinet, or an expired sterile product becoming contaminated with bacteria (especially eye drops or liquids).
Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and U.S.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, State Treasurer Mike Pieciak and the Bank of Bennington announced the “Building Up Bennington County” program, a new $2.5 million partnership to jumpstart new housing development across Bennington County. The program will offer low-cost loans to homebuilders in the region, he
Vermont State Police At about 5 a.m. Sunday, March 15, 2026, the Montgomery Fire Department was dispatched to a fire at in the area of 2757 West Hill Rd. in Montgomery. The fire department found the home fully involved and partially collapsed on arrival. The Fire Department received information that an elderly homeowner was unaccounted for at the fire scene.