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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public has announced a new partnership with the Burlington-based nonprofit Good News Garage to administer its vehicle donation program. The program will support public media in Vermont and could provide necessary transportation to families in the state. Donating a vehicle is easy, free, and secure.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor announced today that Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits are now available to Vermonters in Caledonia and Orange counties in addition to the six counties first announced on July 20, 2023.

Vermont Business Magazine The United States Departments of Commerce (DoC) and Defense (DoD) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to expand collaboration to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor defense industrial base. The IBM and GlobalFoundries semiconductor plant in Essex Junction, Vermont, has had several DOD contracts over the years.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont members of the New England Independent Bookstore Association (NEIBA) announce “Bookstores Helping Bookstores,” a fundraising effort to help Bear Pond Books of Montpelier and Next Chapter Bookstore of Barre, both member bookstores that were devastated in the recent FEMA declared disaster flood in central Vermont.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch, Representative Becca Balint, and Governor Phil Scott will hold a statewide telephone town meeting on Vermont’s flooding disaster this Wednesday, July 26 to answer questions and provide information on the federal and state response to the disaster, as well as how to access aid avail

Vermont Business Magazine Vertek Corporation, a leading end-to-end Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) and Telecom Operations Provider, announces the launch of Flex Managed Detection and Response (MDR), a comprehensive solution that provides clients 24/7 protection against evolving cybersecurity threats.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today with Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, introduced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028.

Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Mike Pieciak hosted a Virtual Policy Forum on Homelessness on Monday.

Vermont Business Magazine With generous support from Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Legislature, Vermonters seeking education and training in certain high-demand fields will receive a 50% tuition break at the Community College of Vermont (CCV) during the upcoming academic year.

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts, and State and local agriculture stakeholders visited farmer Paul Mazza and his family at the Paul Mazza’s Fruit and Vegetables farm in Essex Junction on Monday to survey extensive damage to crops on the farm following historic flooding across Vermont

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont), and Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) today sent letters to 95 insurance companies holding federally-backed and private insurance policies across Vermont – including the top flood, homeowner, and auto insurance companies – calling on them to act quickly and fairly when assessing

Vermont Business Magazine Generator, Burlington's premiere makerspace, has just launched the innovative VT MakerSchools Program thanks to $365,000 from the US Department of Education granted as part of former Senator Patrick Leahy’s congressionally-directed spending request in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2022.