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Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Mike Pieciak announced Wednesday that the application for the “10% in Vermont” program is now available on the Treasurer’s website. Additionally, a link to a webinar from earlier this week discussing the expanded program is now available on the website.

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Vermont Business Magazine Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin is the first hospital in Vermont to offer an innovative treatment for tears of the anterior cruciate ligament – one of the most common knee injuries across the U.S. The BEAR Implant is the first medical advancement to enable the body to heal its own torn ACL.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, Vermont elected officials, local business leaders, and advocates gathered at the State House to call for swift action to advance legislation (S.25) that restricts PFAS and other toxic chemicals from cosmetic and menstrual products, and bans PFAS from textiles and artificial turf athletic fields.

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Vermont Business Magazine New data from the National Association of Realtors reveal middle-income homeowners in Burlington/South Burlington accumulated $84.070 in wealth as their homes appreciated over the last 10 years.

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Vermont Business Magazine Burlington, Vermont, which has regularly made the cleanest cities lists for both ozone pollution and particle pollution, experienced a worsened level of particle pollution from 2019-2021, according to the American Lung Association’s 2023 “State of the Air” report, which was released today.

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Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Corrections on Tuesday evening announced an unsuccessful escape attempt at Northeast Correctional Complex (NECC) in St Johnsbury. Mid-afternoon Tuesday, Department security staff became aware of an incarcerated individual’s attempt to escape the secure section of the facility.

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by Ciara McEneany, Community News Service Vermonters are one step closer to receiving job-protected leave to deal with the fallout of sexual and domestic violence as part of Democrats’ major paid leave bill, which passed through the House and into the Senate last month.

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Vermont Business Magazine Middle and high school educators in Vermont can increase their financial literacy and personal finance teaching skills by attending a free, online, asynchronous graduate level course that will be available from July 3 through August 25. Funding for the course is again being provided by Northfield Savings Bank Foundation.

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Vermont Business Magazine Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) is celebrating and thanking its employees for volunteering in the communities where they live and work, during National Volunteer Week (April 16-22). Across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, Consolidated employees volunteered nearly 2,000 hours with more than 50 organizations in 2022.

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Vermont Business Magazine Today, Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) delivered remarks on the House floor in opposition to the rule and against HR 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Schools Act.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont announced today that it has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 as the cornerstone of a Comprehensive Sustainability Plan (CSP) that lays out strategies for increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions.

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Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont is excited to announce the inaugural Research, Innovation, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Summit, taking place June 21-22, 2023.