Senator Patrick Leahy and IBM laud progress on patent reform legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2011 CONTACT: David Carle US Senator Leahy Press Office 202-224-3693 David_Carle@leahy.senate.gov Mylissa Tsai IBM Media Relations 917-472-3680 tsaim@us.ibm.com class=”spacer_” /> BURLINGTON, Vt. — U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and IBM Friday celebrated the overwhelming Senate approval of patent reform legislation as one of the country’s first steps toward modernizing the [...]
New York and Vermont begin work on regional intercity passenger rail study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2011 CONTACT: VTrans Costa Pappis 802-828-5790 NYSDOT Deborah Sturm Rausch 518-457-6400 The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), in cooperation with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), are working together to identify and establish intercity passenger rail service to parts of southwestern Vermont [...]
VSEA & VT AFL-CIO call on Vermont Republican Party to rescind Reince Priebus invitation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2011 CONTACT: Doug Gibson (802) 223-5247 Dennis Labounty (802) 272-4467 The Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA) and the Vermont AFL-CIO are calling on Vermont Republican Party (VRP) Chair Pat McDonald to rescind an invitation to newly elected Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Reince Priebus to speak at an April 13 [...]
Sanders to chair primary health and aging panel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2011 CONTACT: Michael Briggs or Will Wiquist (202) 224-5141 WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is slated to be named chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging. Part of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, the panel that Sanders will head is responsible for several [...]
AstraZeneca to pay Vermont $1.4 million in historic settlement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2011 CONTACT: William H. Sorrell Attorney General (802) 828-3166 Wendy Morgan Assistant Attorney General (802) 828-5479 Vermont will receive approximately $1.4 million as part of a settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, and AstraZeneca LP, Attorney General William H. Sorrell announced today. The total settlement of $68.5 million, paid to thirty-seven [...]
Attorney General warns Vermonters: “Free trials are rarely free!”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2011 CONTACT: Jason Duquette-Hoffman Consumer Assistance Program (802) 656-8755 (800) 649-2424 Toll Free VT Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell is reminding Vermonters to be wary of free trial offers because often they contain hidden fees and other subscription obligations. Attached to promotions from online merchants or associated with health-related [...]
GMP Searsburg wind plant has banner year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2011 CONTACT: Dorothy Schnure schnure@greenmountainpower.biz Green Mountain Power’s Searsburg wind power facility had its most productive year on record in 2010, thanks to weather conditions and strong operating performance. “In its 13 years of continuous operation, the Searsburg facility has demonstrated that wind power works in Vermont,” said Mary Powell, [...]
How one meeting transformed the school meals menu in Vermont
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2011 CONTACT: Marissa Parisi Executive Director Hunger Free Vermont 802-865-0255 MParisi@hungerfreevt.org South Burlington – Running a school meal program involves navigating a complex web of federal reimbursement systems. In addition to cash reimbursement, schools receive foods from the USDA Food Program (aka commodities) that make up about 20% of each [...]
Bipartisan vote by SJC sends USA PATRIOT Act Bill to Senate floor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2011 CONTACT: Erica Chabot Judiciary-Dem Erica_Chabot@Judiciary-dem.senate.gov WASHINGTON – A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday voted to send legislation to address expiring intelligence tools authorized by the USA PATRIOT Act to the full Senate for consideration. The USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act is authored by Committee [...]
Sanders statement on Senate spending proposals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 09, 2011 CONTACT: Michael Briggs or Will Wiquist (202) 224-5141 WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today made the following statement following Senate votes on competing spending proposals: “This country has a very serious deficit crisis and it must be addressed in a fair [...]
