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Markowitz: Equal payday still a long way off for women

By Editor on April 20, 2010

The long fight for pay equity is not just a women’s issue. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research found the average family would gain nearly $6,000 per year from wage equity. Continue reading

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Deb Markowitz, Equal Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter

Lilly Ledbetter: ‘Just treat me fair’

By Anne Galloway on October 18, 2009

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Activist says women can’t support their families because of pay discrimination in the workplace

Former Goodyear Tire plant manager details her nine-year struggle to bring her case to the U.S. Supreme Court

With her thick Alabaman drawl, Lilly Ledbetter roused a crowd of several hundred people at Vermont Technical College in Randolph with stories from her 11-year battle to bring the issue of pay discrimination to… Continue reading

Posted in Digger do-gooders | Tagged Alabama, Common Good, Fair Pay Act, Goodyear Tire, Lilly Ledbetter, President Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Vermont news, Vermont Technical College

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Welch calls on FDA to investigate “natural” syrup product

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The “All Natural Syrup” marketed by Log Cabin Syrup, a division of Pinnacle Foods LLC, appears to include ingredients the FDA does not allow in products labeled as “natural.”

Vermont Information Consortium finalist for web award

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Governor Jim Douglas celebrated the State’s ranking as one of the ten best government portals and websites in the nation by e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government. This is the second year in a row that the Vermont Information Consortium (VIC), the State’s web portal vendor, has received this recognition. The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) go to outstanding websites and web portals at the state, county and city levels.

Tourism industry offers midweek deals for Vermont fall foliage season

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Dozens of inns, hotels, attractions, historic sites and museums are offering a variety of midweek specials during the fall foliage season as part of the statewide “Midweek Peek” promotion organized by the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. Deals range from discounted lodging to reduced admission prices. For details, visit www.VermontVacation.com/midweek.

Condos: Transparency must extend to “all levels of government”

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“My plan, as Secretary of State, is to ensure that the current Douglas administration practice, of which my opponent was a member, does not continue to be a barrier to the public’s access to public records,” stated Jim Condos, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State. “Vermonters need to stop being treated as adversaries of government; we are all a part of government. If government operates in secrecy, then we erode our democracy.”

Leahy says Obama’s R&D tax credit will benefit Vermont

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“This is a sensible and fiscally responsible way to create jobs now, with the research work needed for the American jobs of the future,” said Leahy. “Research and development is seed corn for the economic future we want in Vermont, and the R&D tax credit is one of the most proven job-creating tax incentives in modern history. It rewards businesses for investing in the research, experimentation and development that puts engineers, laborers and sales people to work today and tomorrow.”
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