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Vermont Business Magazine A new year demands the latest and greatest products and trends, and Ben & Jerry's is wasting no time, launching its first flavor of 2024 with the smoothest and creamiest recipe ever. This unveiling features a fan favorite flavor in a new Non-Dairy format. Say hello to Strawberry Cheezecake! Why the Z?

Vermont Business Magazine An amazing superhero without a cape will be in Sheldon to show students and educators how they can spread HOPE (Hold On, Possibilities Exist) in their classrooms — and beyond. Pat Fish, of Sweethearts & Heroes, will work at Sheldon Elementary School on Thursday, Jan. 18 and Friday, Jan. 19.

Vermont Business Magazine Following a push from the Vermont Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is increasing pay for federal employees in Vermont who support Vermonters through their work at places like the White River Junction VA Medical Center.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to streamline drug patent litigation, encourage fair market competition, and lower prescription drug prices by making it easier for generic and biosimilar companies to enter the market. Rep.

Vermont Business Magazine House Democrats introduced H.721, a bill that will make health insurance more affordable by expanding Dr. Dynasaur and would support Vermonters of all ages who are struggling to pay for and access health care.

Vermont Business Magazine Susan G. Komen, the world's leading breast cancer organization, commends Representative Melanie Carpenter (D-Hyde Park) and Representative Laura Sibilia (I-Dover) for working with Komen to eliminate financial barriers to earlier breast cancer detection by ensuring that everyone has equitable access to diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging.

Vermont Business Magazine Responding to growing patient demand for care, a national workforce shortage, and persistent cost and budgetary pressures facing rural health care providers, The University of Vermont Health Network is focused on four strategic pillars to guide its work in the 2024 fiscal year, which began in October.

Vermont Business Magazine Scam reports to the Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) totaled 3,212 in 2023. The “computer tech support” scam took the number one spot on the list, totaling almost 25 percent of the top scams reported.

Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power (GMP) is alerting customers that forecasters are calling for accumulating wet snow, with higher amounts along the eastern slopes of the Green Mountains, and damaging winds to arrive back in Vermont starting Friday evening.

Vermont Business Magazine VEC crews continue to tackle outages resulting from storm Finn. As of Thursday morning, just under 13,500 members have been restored since the beginning of this major storm event.  Restorations due to storm Finn have been particularly time and labor intensive due to the nature of the damage.