Joint hearing on H.559 with employers on Feb. 1
The House Health Committee is now scheduling testimony on all the remaining sections of H.559, An act relating to health care reform implementation.
Halkias: Cerebral cathedrals
As difficult as it is to finance our schools, libraries face greater challenges. Since much of their enrichment equity remains discretionary, so does their funding.
Barre gets a look at ‘City Place’ design
A five-story red-brick masonry facade is topped with a cornice similar to other adjacent buildings, with extensive panels of windows.
Schubart: On “job creators”
The obvious effort to create and embed a popular language coded deftly with terms like “free up the job creators,” “government intrusion,” and “tax and spend,” arrogantly assumes that most Americans live in a perpetual state of fear-induced ignorance.
Carey: Act 48 and the job of the Green Mountain Care Board
It’s the insurance companies, not the doctors, who make the decision of what is covered care, what doctors and hospitals can bill and collect and what drugs can be prescribed.
Rutland, GMP sign agreement on merger agreement
Formalizing agreements related to the impending sale of Central Vermont Public Service and its merger with Green Mountain Power, GMP signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Rutland to ensure a strong relationship and significant benefits for Rutland in the years ahead.
“Citizenship Not Partisanship,” or a Partisan Citizen?
Yesterday in the Vermont House of Representatives, Kurt Wright voted “no” on the Budget Adjustment Act related to the FY 2012 budget.
Real Goods Solar and Alteris Renewables to merge
Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSOL) and Alteris Renewables, Inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine two leaders in the solar industry, each pioneers with more than 30 years of experience in their respective markets. The combined company will retain the Real Goods Solar name.
Attorney General settles consumer protection claim against Pyrofax Energy
Inergy Propane, doing business in Vermont as Pyrofax Energy, has agreed to pay $140,000 in civil penalties to the State of Vermont and $100,000 as a payment to the Vermont LIHEAP program to settle the Attorney General’s claims that Pyrofax violated Vermont’s consumer protection laws when it assessed “minimum usage fees” in the fall of 2010 and delayed refunds following termination or disconnection of services.
Mayoral forum to be held at Sustainability Academy
On Monday, January 23, 2012, The Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes School will proudly host a Mayoral Forum featuring the three candidates for Mayor of the City of Burlington.
