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by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Secretary of Administration Kristin Clouser released Vermont’s revenue results for June 2023 and fiscal year-end today. June was an underperforming month for the Transportation Fund, however, both the General Fund and the Education Fund exceeded their respective monthly targets.
Vermont Business Magazine The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont will join community organizers, neighbors, and law enforcement partners to participate in National Night Out events on August 1, 2023.
Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) announced the start of the statewide community engagement project to support hospital transformation. Guided by the legislature’s directive in Act 167 of 2022, this project will identify community-informed opportunities to improve the sustainability of Vermont’s health care system.
Vermont Business Magazine The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New England regional office recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Landmark College of Putney, Vermont, a global leader in educating neurodivergent students, to work together to increase national employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Vermont Business Magazine Last Saturday afternoon, more than 100 UVMMC support staff rallied, despite consistent rain, six months after winning a landslide union election for support staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center, the region's only level one trauma center.
Vermont Business Magazine The REPLANT Act provides money for the US Forest Service to plant more than a billion trees in the next nine years. The World Economic Forum aims to help plant a trillion trees around the world by 2030. Many US cities have plans to shade their streets with millions of trees.
by Bill Schubart During my long life, I’ve chaired 13 statewide nonprofit organizations, including the former Fletcher Allen Hospital, and served as a trustee on nine others. The first was the Vermont Arts Council when I was 25 years old. I know and understand nonprofits and feel strongly about their governance and oversight responsibilities.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Bar Association has just launched the “Vermont Flood Relief Legal Assistance Project.” The project is designed to help flood victims get no-cost legal advice related to flood recovery.
Vermont Business Magazine The Realtors Relief Foundation (RRF), a charitable, non-profit arm of the National Association of Realtors, has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Vermont Association of Realtors (VAR) to aid Vermonters who have been impacted by recent floods.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Economic Development has announced additional details and guidelines for the Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP).
Vermont State Police The Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office has informed the Vermont State Police of its preliminary determinations of the cause and manner of death of Robert Kerker, 67, of Rhinebeck, New York. The office found the cause of death was a probable drowning, and the manner of death an accident that occurred when Mr.