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Vermont Business Magazine LaunchVT, a division of the Lake Champlain Chamber, together with its partner, Rho Impact, a leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) software and advisory firm headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, and Burlington, VT, provided foundational training in ESG strategy and materiality assessment to its current cohort of eight high-growth startup
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Federal Credit Union has partnered with Spectrum Youth and Family Services to support its Empty Bowl Dinner and Sleep Out fundraising events. Vermont Federal Credit Union is now the presenting sponsor for both events.
Vermont Business Magazine NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar) today announced an agreement to accept transfer of ownership of the 1600-acre GEH Vallecitos Nuclear Center, in Sunol, CA, from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for nuclear decontamination, decommissioning, and environmental site restoration.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Senate today gave its preliminary approval to legislation that would update and substantially expand the scope of the state’s popular beverage redemption program, commonly known as the Bottle Bill. The vote in favor of H.158 was 19-11. The bill is expected to win final approval in the Senate tomorrow.
Vermont Business Magazine Rising hospital and pharmaceutical costs are causing an increase in premiums for Vermonters. For 2024, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont is proposing rate increases of 15.5% for individual health plans and 14.5% for the small group health plans.
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Legislature today gave its final approval to H.165, the Universal School Meals bill, in a 122-25 vote — sending it to Governor Phil Scott’s desk for enactment. This is 22 more votes than needed to override a veto, should Governor Phil Scott choose to exercise such authority.
Vermont Business Magazine On May 9, 2023, the Vermont Warden Service responded to a report of two dogs running at large, one of which had been shot, in Fairfield. The investigation is ongoing. Game wardens located a dog suffering from a gunshot wound in the hind quarters, near Pond Road and Sheldon Woods Road.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled “The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans,” which heard testimony from the CEOs of major insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi, and top executives from the
Vermont Business Magazine Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) introduced the Invasive Species Prevention and Forest Restoration Act on Wednesday. The bill would expand access to the US Department of Agriculture emergency funding to combat the threat of non-native species to our forests.
by Mike Smith As I was leaving the Johnson campus last week, just a few days into my role as Interim President of Vermont State University, I passed a prospective student visiting with their parents. We chatted and they said that they were from Hardwick and remembered me as the Hardwick town manager some forty years ago.
Vermont Business Magazine The following is a statement from Aly Richards, CEO of Let’s Grow Kids, in response to the news today that House and Senate leaders are at an impasse on the funding source for the 2023 child care bill, S.56, An act relating to child care and early childhood education: “A supermajority of lawmakers agree that child care is a top priority for this year.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and the Congressional delegation announced that Vermont has been awarded $6.2 million through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help address homelessness across the state.