Digger Tidbits: For Donovan, praise, not backing; Obuchowski’s name game; Law lets 16-year-olds give blood
” … one of the joys of being governor is that we have a lot of friends … we hope,” Shumlin said.
Facebook representatives to speak at Senator Leahy Business Breakfast
The Vermont Chamber Business & Industry EXPO 2012 will kick-off on May 23rd with the Senator Leahy Business Breakfast featuring representatives from Facebook.
Vermont Foodbank’s Hunger Conference Impact Through Innovation comes on brink of urgent need for support as demand grows
For immediate release May 4, 2011 Media Contact: Judy Stermer, Vermont Foodbank 802-505-0699 jstermer@vtfoodbank.org Vermont Foodbank’s Hunger Conference Impact Through Innovation Comes on Brink of Urgent Need for Support as Demand Grows Advocates, experts, community leaders gather at conference to tackle growing problem of hunger in Vermont, with help from innovation and diversity expert, Dr. [...]
$12.5 million generating tax on Vermont Yankee approved by Senate finance committee
Under the administration’s proposal, the tax would generate $9.5 million fiscal year 2013.
Caregiver charged with Medicaid fraud and false pretenses
For immediate release April 11, 2012 Contact Steven Monde (802) 828-5518 Attorney General William H. Sorrell announced today that Tammy Thomas, age 21, of Granville, New York, was arraigned on April 10, 2012, in Vermont Superior Court for Windsor County on four felony counts of Medicaid Fraud and one felony count of False Pretenses. The [...]
Small business to administration and legislature tell us where the $9.6 million goes after Catamount is repealed
For immediate release April 10, 2012 Contact Shawn Shouldice Phone: 802-498-0059 Montpelier (April 10, 2012 ) – The Shumlin administration and the Legislature should specify how $9.6 million in small business tax revenue will be spent even though the program for which it is collected will no longer exist, said the National Federation of Independent [...]
Doyle Town Meeting Day Survey Results
Senator Bill Doyle today released the results of his 42nd annual Town Meeting Day Survey.
Digger Tidbits: CVPS, GMP grilled; VPR asks for money; rescue groups focus on accessibility
The AARP, which is pushing for CVPS to return $21 million to ratepayers, said testimony revealed that Gaz Metro, GMP’s parent company, was always prepared to pay that money.
Vermont Tech Grad on Google team developing robotic car
For immediate release March 22, 2012 Contact Martha Trombley Oakes Phone:802.728.1732 Email: MTrombleyOakes@vtc.vsc.edu Randolph, VT, March 20, 2012 — Jeremy Spencer, who earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Vermont Tech in 2006, has been hired as a Google field engineer responsible for testing robotic, self-driving automobiles. For Spencer, an officer in the Vermont National [...]
