Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Backing Away From Vermont Funding Assurance
Jul 23 2012 // A top state official stunned lawmakers last Friday with the announcement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency apparently was backing away from funding assurances to help replace the Vermont State Hospital and...
Vt. Flood Insurance Customers May See Higher Rates
Jul 23 2012 // Some of Vermont’s estimated 3,700 flood insurance customers could see their premiums increase by up to 20 percent. Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the National Flood Insurance Program has been operating at a loss...
Declarations – East
Jul 23 2012 // Healthcare Ruling Brings Cheers… “It’s a victory for the American people because it sustains a law that gives families security, holds insurers accountable and helps Americans get the care they...
Beloved Vermont Restaurant Rebuilding After Irene
Jul 18 2012 // Spring was gloomy in the Vermont ski town of Wilmington, following a winter with little snow on top of the damage and despair caused by Tropical Storm Irene that pummeled the town last August.Photo credit: Dot's Restaurant...
Vermont Police Say Motorists Heeding Safety Push
Jul 17 2012 // Motorists across Vermont have been slowing down and following traffic laws since the state launched a summer traffic enforcement program designed to counter a rash of fatalities in the first half of the year, said the...
Vermont Woman Loses Health, Home to Post-Irene Mold
Jul 16 2012 // A Vermont woman says she’s been forced from her home by mold that Tropical Storm Irene left behind, and she’s had trouble getting help for the problem. Thirty-nine-year-old Chandar Hall of Northfield says...
Vermont Flood Insurance Customers Could See Rate Hikes of Up to 20%
Jul 9 2012 // Some of Vermont’s estimated 3,700 flood insurance customers could see their premiums increase by up to 20 percent. Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the National Flood Insurance Program has been operating at a loss...
Vermont Seeks Immunity From Workers’ Overtime Lawsuit
Jul 5 2012 // The state can assert it is immune from a lawsuit by more than 700 state employees, a judge has ruled, in a case where the workers say they were paid hourly rates when they worked more than 40 hours a week but should have...
Vermont Governor Hails Healthcare Ruling, Pushes Bigger Plan
Jul 2 2012 // Vermont’s push for universal, publicly funded, single-payer health care is going ahead no matter what, Gov. Peter Shumlin said, but he hailed the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the federal Affordable Care Act...
Vermont Activists Demand Taser Moratorium
Jun 28 2012 // Mental health advocates and civil libertarians are calling for a moratorium on police use of stun guns in Vermont following the death of man last week. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mental Health Law Project...
Skier Accuses Popular Vermont Resort of Neglecting Safety
Jun 27 2012 // A skier says a Vermont ski resort is at fault for his injuries. Alfred Rocks of Egg Harbor, N.J., sued Killington Ski Area, saying it failed to maintain a trail in a “reasonably safe condition” when Rocks...
Federal Funds Available for Vermont for May 29 Storm, Flash Flooding
Jun 26 2012 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said the state’s request for a federal disaster declaration following damage caused by heavy rains, winds and flash flooding from May 29 has been approved by President Barack Obama.Vermont...
Maryland Teens Rebuild Vermont Homes Destroyed by Irene
Jun 25 2012 // A group of Maryland teenagers is helping rebuild two Vermont homes nearly destroyed last year by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. The group calls itself DreamBuilders, and the members came to the White River Junction...
Vermont’s Irene Recovery Bill at $733M, Still More Work to Do
Jun 17 2012 // The state’s total cost of recovering from Tropical Storm Irene is estimated at $733 million, and the federal government is expected to pay about three-quarters of that amount, Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding...
Federal Grants Available in July for Vt. Towns Hurt by Hurricane Irene
Jun 15 2012 // Some federal funds are due out this summer for Vermont towns hurt by Tropical Storm Irene.This photo, taken on Sept. 12, 2011, shows debris from destroyed homes after Irene passed through Pittsfield, Vt.. Photo: FEMARay...
Borch Joins Beecher Carlson Captive Unit in Vermont
Jun 12 2012 // Atlanta-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm Beecher Carlson has named John Borch as an accounting manager in its National Captive Practice. He will be based in the company’s Burlington, Vermont office...
Report Card Ranks Vermont Best, Florida Worst States for Insurance
Jun 4 2012 // The R Street Institute published its first research project as an independent institution today, a report card of the insurance regulatory environments in each of the 50 states. The report card builds on a series of annual...
Declarations – East
Jun 4 2012 // Don’t Frack Vermont “I hope other states will follow us.” —Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on banning hydraulic fracturing in the state. On May 16, Vermont became the first state in the U.S. to ban fracking....
New Fund Created to Help Displaced Vermont Mobile-Home Owners
May 25 2012 // Glenn French and his wife lost their mobile home and much of its contents when floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Weston’s Mobile Home park in Berlin.Debris from destroyed homes is stacked for...
Vermont Companies Get Workplace Safety Awards
May 23 2012 // The state of Vermont is honoring several companies for their commitment to safety in the workplace. The Ben & Jerry’s plant in St. Albans and the H.P. Hood plant in Barre have won awards in the large business...
