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The Vermont State Police is investigating the death of a man who had been jailed at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. The man, a 46-year-old resident of Springfield, was found unresponsive in his cell during a check at 9:27 a.m. Monday, April 17, 2023. Corrections staff provided emergency medical care and called first responders to the prison.
Vermont Business Magazine Workers at the Burlington Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop have formed a union organizing committee and petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for an election.
Vermont Business Magazine Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA), and a bicameral group of colleagues last week to call for an ethics investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose luxury travel financed by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
Vermont Business Magazine Evernorth was recently honored with two prestigious energy efficiency awards from the U.S. Department of Energy for exceeding the performance criteria for building envelope performance and for energy equity.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas has hired Robyn Palmer for the newly created Education and Civic Engagement Coordinator (ECE) position.
Vermont Business Magazine The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Montpelier-based Institute for Sustainable Communities has been selected to serve as an “Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center” (EJ TCTAC) which will each receive at least $10 million to help communities across the United States access funds from President Biden
Vermont Business Magazine With the growing number of electric vehicles on the road, the State of Vermont is working proactively to find more locations for charging stations.
Vermont Business Magazine The State of Vermont, in collaboration with the University of Vermont and the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), is offering a $5000 loan repayment program to incentivize and retain new graduates from Vermont colleges and universities.
Vermont Business Magazine Average gasoline prices in Vermont are $3.48 per gallon, up 4.9 cents per gallon from last week's $3.43/g. The lowest price in the state yesterday was $3.29/g while the highest was $3.59/g, a difference of 30.0 cents per gallon.
Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Power’s (GMP) microgrid in Panton is the focus of a segment for PBS NOVA’s Climate Across America initiative, which examines responses to the climate crisis. GMP’s microgrid functions as a grid within the larger grid, allowing those customers within it to stay powered up even when the larger grid is damaged.
Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food & Markets The VAAFM Farm Agronomic Practices (FAP) Program invests state funds in soil-based agronomic practices to improve soil quality, increase crop production, and reduce erosion and surface runoff from agricultural fields.
by Mike Donoghue, Vermont Business Magazine Correspondent The former president of Jay Peak resort is asking the federal court to strike a $250,000 restitution order in his EB-5 fraud case because he says newly provided evidence shows Vermont officials failed to act when told about serious investment problems for a proposed bio-medical facility in Newport.