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Vermont Business Magazine South Burlington Schools, Highland, and Green Mountain Power (GMP) celebrated one-year of successful clean electric bus transportation for students across the district at the local High School where state and city leaders marked the occasion with the community and with a free ride along on the electric buses.

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Vermont Business Magazine Starting this Saturday and into the Fall, Green Mountain Power (GMP) customers can join the GMP team at events around Vermont to learn more about switching to clean electricity to power their lives, and how GMP rebates and programs can help them save on electric yard care equipment, electric vehicles (EVs), home energy storage, heat pumps, and more.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced the first ten prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations between Medicare and drug manufacturers: “While the pharmaceutical industry makes huge

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Vermont Business Magazine VCBB submitted Vermont’s 5-Year Action Plan to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) this week. It’s the first of several documents that need to be approved to unlock $229 million from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program for the state’s broadband buildout.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Rutland Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 6 pm, Friday, Sept 1, 2023. The center is currently open 8 am to 6 pm. The Springfield Disaster Recovery Center will close permanently at 6 pm, Saturday, Sept 2, 2023. The center is currently open 8 am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday.

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Vermont Business Magazine The National Life Group Do Good Fest® brought in $1,712, 445 in donations and pledges for Vermont Community Foundation’s VT Flood Response & Recovery Fund 2023.

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Vermont Business Magazine The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of $3 million from the agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the State of Vermont. The award given to the State of Vermont will fund the development of plans and innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies.

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Vermont Business Magazine In its seventh year supporting those in need and the vital work of the Vermont Foodbank, the Vermont Legal Community Fighting Hunger Food Drive will start Friday, September 8th and run until Friday, September 22nd.

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont residents affected by July’s floods have many options to kickstart their recovery. FEMA grants can help pay for home repairs, rent while you’re displaced, personal property losses, medical expenses and other disaster-related needs not covered by other sources.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Women’s Fund will hold its 2023 Annual Celebration on Friday, September 22 at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center featuring special guest Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and author/founder of Know Your Value. The celebration will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) today released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s announcement of the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiation thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and provisions Senator Welch championed in the House.  Even before realizing savings from drug price negoti

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont families with school-age children are getting a boost to their bank accounts thanks to federal funding for summer food benefits.