Attorney General settles security breach allegations against health insurer
STATE OF VERMONT OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 109 STATE STREET MONTPELIER, VT 05609-1001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sarah London January 18, 2011 Assistant Attorney General (802) 828-5479 Attorney General William Sorrell filed a complaint and proposed settlement Friday with Health Net, Inc., and Health Net of the Northeast, Inc., regarding the health insurance company’s [...]
Stratton Corporation to pay $55,000 fine
In the Consent Order entered by the Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Windham Unit, Stratton and the District admitted to two separate discharge incidents that violated the conditions of their Indirect Discharge Permits issued to them by the State: In December of 2004, a discharge associated with 821,000 gallons of secondarily treated effluent was released through an open valve at a wastewater treatment facility owned by the District and operated by Stratton. Some of the effluent overflowed from a holding tank and eventually was discharged into a tributary of the Winhall River.
Leas: Attorney general’s office must reconsider Leddy decision
AARP portrays itself as so caring and trustworthy that, not just Jim Leddy, but all of AARP’s state presidents, its entire national board of directors, and all its national officers serve as unpaid volunteers. Where, as here, hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake for the organization, such volunteering appears to be a strategic policy to maintain the needed kind, caring, trustworthy public face that makes the AARP name valuable for its lucrative trademark licensing and its extensive lobbying.
Dubie on Yankee: ‘The facts deserve our full, eyes-wide-open attention — not political grandstanding’
“We cannot make a valid decision about Vermont Yankee until we know the facts.”
Human Rights Commission files complaint on behalf of bridge engineer over family leave benefits
Ursula Stanley alleges that the state denied her paid vacation and sick-time benefits while she was on unpaid leave caring for her baby.
