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Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development The Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP) application portal is closed and the Department of Economic Development is finalizing awards for grantees. If you are awaiting a second payment following the adjustment in the BEGAP award formula, it will arrive the same way the first one did – either a check in the

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) stated: As the United States put forward at the United Nations, we are calling for humanit

Vermont State Police Late Friday afternoon, Oct. 27, 2023, the Maine State Police requested that the Vermont State Police send its Underwater Recovery Team to Lewiston, Maine, to assist in ongoing search efforts for the suspect in this week’s mass shooting. The request was immediately approved by Vermont State Police Director Col. Matthew T. Birmingham. Team commander Capt.

Vermont Business Magazine Alongside her family, neighbors and a host of enthusiastic supporters, City Council President Karen Paul on Thursday announced her candidacy for Mayor of Burlington. “With a decade and a half of public service behind me, as a Councilor and now City Council President, it is with a humble heart that I announce, today, my candidacy for Mayo

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard destination in Eastern North America, and part of POWDR, announces that in partnership with Great Gulf, it will donate a total of $700,000 to the Town of Killington.

Vermont State Police Autopsies performed Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington have confirmed that the bodies found Wednesday in Eden are those of missing Massachusetts residents Jahim Solomon and Eric White.

Vermont Business Magazine On October 26, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Representative Balint (D-VT) introduced a resolution commemorating the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.

Vermont Business Magazine A recent report from the Vermont Crime Research Group (CRG) states Risk Intervention Services (RIS) administered by the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) provide a promising model to reduce recidivism following release from incarceration. DOC launched RIS in 2016 at four of Vermont’s six correctional facilities.

by Devon Green, VAHHS Vice President of Government Relations It’s rare if ever we hit your inbox twice in one week (Monday Newsletter), but this special VAHHS Update is worthy of its own e-mail from us at VAHHS – because it deals with an issue of huge consequence in health care: workplace violence. You’ve heard from me countless times over the past several years on the iss

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State University (VTSU) Interim President Mike Smith released his final set of recommendations which, when taken together with Optimization 2.0 released earlier this month, positions Vermont State University to achieve fiscal sustainability by Fiscal Year 2027.

by Dan Cardi, Vice President and Corporate Security Officer, Community Bank NA They say knowledge is power, and when it comes to fraud, knowledge is powerful protection. The more you know about scams, the more likely you’ll be to spot and resist them. But where do you start? How do you know it’s a scam before it’s too late? Let’s talk fraud prevention.

Vermont Business Magazine Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) released the following statement after noticing a privileged resolution censuring Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for her record of antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, xenophobic, and racist rhetoric, and conspiracy theories. Today, Taylor Greene introduced a resolution to censure Representative Rashida Tlaib.