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by Ethan Tapper, Chittenden County Forester We will be doing two evening educational events at the Catamount Community Forest in Williston over the next two weeks, each focusing on different aspects of the upcoming forest management project at the CCF.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking the public’s help with monitoring wild turkeys. Since 2007, the department has run an annual online survey in August for reporting turkey broods.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU’s membership has voted to ratify a 2.5 year contract for University of Vermont Medical Center resident physicians. The contract includes base salary increases totaling 20 percent over the term of the two-year and seven-months contract.

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Vermont Business Magazine In what Let’s Grow Kids calls a show of unity this week, lawmakers passed Vermont’s most comprehensive child care bill into law. The landmark legislation will make Vermont’s child care system one of the most expansive in the nation.

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Vermont Business Magazine Big smiles and Super Bowl rings were both in abundant supply Wednesday morning at UVM Cancer Center, with former New England Patriot and three-time Super Bowl champion Joe Andruzzi visiting with the Center’s patients and care teams as part of a road trip celebrating his namesake Joe Andruzzi Foundation’s 15th anniversary.

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Vermont Business Magazine Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) today released No Good Reason: Vermont’s Regulatory Roadblocks to Renewable Energy and Our Fight Against Climate Change its report detailing the unpredictable permitting process renewable energy projects face and the needed regulatory reforms to address this problem.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing is celebrating three decades of high-quality care and service to the Central Vermont community while looking toward the future with the unveiling of a newly-renovated private courtyard for residents at the not-for-profit facility.

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Vermont Business Magazine After three months of intense focus, camaraderie and both virtual and in-person learning, The DeltaClimeVT Energy 2023 climate economy business accelerator announces ProsumerGrid as the winner.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the HELP Committee, today released the following statement announcing the HELP Committee will hold a hearing in the fall on what they called "the disastrous" Supreme C

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Vermont Business Magazine The ACLU of Vermont sent an open letter to Vermont’s municipal leaders and agencies today, urging respect for constitutional rights at a time when the number of unhoused people and families in Vermont communities is increasing rapidly.

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Vermont Business Magazine Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman released the following statement Tuesday afternoon after adjournment of the Legislature’s veto override session: “Vermont legislators put a noble amount of work this session to craft comprehensive pieces of legislation on many crucial issues, including childcare.

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Vermont Business Magazine Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today introduced the End Price Gouging for Medications Act, legislation to lower drug costs for all Americans and end pharmaceutical price gouging. A 2021 study reported that Americans pay 2.4 times what people in other countries pay for prescription drugs.