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Vermont DOL awards grants to support youth workforce training and career pathways
Vermont Business Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Labor (VDOL) has awarded two grants to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC) to expand access to workforce training and career development for Vermont youth. “These grants reflect the...
Vermont to lose $62.5 million in promised federal funding to solar projects
The Mountain Times - Vermont
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August 20, 2025
Sen. Sanders’ national Solar For All initiative was part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act By Austyn Gaffney/VTDigger The federal government killed a program that was designed to reduce the cost of electricity for low-income Vermonters by...
Do You Boys Like Mexico?!: ‘Super Troopers 3’ Begins Production, Entire Main Cast Returning
BroBible
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August 21, 2025
Searchlight Pictures Audio By Carbonatix Super Troopers 3 is happening. Earlier this week, Searchlight Pictures announced that production on the filming is beginning this week. The original Super Troopers was released in the year 2001 and became...
Rep. Monique Priestley: A response to Vermont’s SNAP data disclosure
VTDigger - Vermont
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August 21, 2025
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a...
21.2% Drop in Indiana Manufacturing Employment Since 2000
Indiana Statesman
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After decades of offshoring, the United States is attempting a manufacturing revival. Under the Biden administration, federal programs like the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
Sen. Joe Major: Gov. Phil Scott’s “measured approach” is the wrong approach for Vermont
VTDigger - Vermont
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August 21, 2025
Letters to the editor are brief reader responses to stories and opinion pieces published by VTDigger. Letters give voice to community members and do not represent VTDigger’s views. To submit a letter, follow the instructions here. Dear Editor, In...
Vermont capital city plans to remove dam, restore floodplain
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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In Montpelier, city officials plan to remove the Pioneer Street Dam and restore a nearby floodplain. Together, the projects are predicted to have compounding positive effects that reduce flood risk in the city. The Pioneer Street Dam — an old mill...
Why a new gas pipeline into New England may (or may not) lower energy bills
WBUR - Massachusetts
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August 21, 2025
New England is at an energy crossroads: Demand for electricity is expected to rise for the first time in nearly 20 years. Offshore wind and other renewables aren't being built at the speed and price once predicted. And many people still have...
Is Vermont seeing more wildfire smoke because of climate change?
Vermont Public Radio
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August 21, 2025
Wildfire smoke has blanketed Vermont multiple times this summer, clogging the air and making it unhealthy for vulnerable people to be outdoors. Towns across Vermont have seen several days when the air quality was “unhealthy for sensitive groups” —...
Ian Davis to lead the Vermont Captive Insurance Association as President
Reinsurance News
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August 21, 2025
The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), a global captive insurance trade association, has announced the appointment of Ian Davis as its new President. A highly respected leader, Davis brings to his new role over a decade of industry...
32.6% Drop in Michigan Manufacturing Employment Since 2000
Iosco County News-Herald - Michigan
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After decades of offshoring, the United States is attempting a manufacturing revival. Under the Biden administration, federal programs like the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
Vermont hospitals largely plan to break even or lose money to keep prices in check
Vermont Public Radio
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August 19, 2025
Vermont hospitals are responding to months of dire warnings about a health care affordability crisis in the state by proposing more modest budget proposals than in previous years. Hospitals presented plans for the 2026 fiscal year, starting in...
Vermont 200 race quickly approaching
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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WEST HAVEN — The 2025 racing season at Devil’s Bowl Speedway is flying by quickly, and the Fabian Earthmoving Vermont 200 weekend will arrive soon. This year’s event revs up on Saturday, Aug. 30, and Sunday, Aug. 31, as some of the most...
36.4% Drop in Mississippi Manufacturing Employment Since 2000, 8th Largest in the U.S.
Laurel Leader-Call - Mississippi
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After decades of offshoring, the United States is attempting a manufacturing revival. Under the Biden administration, federal programs like the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
43.4% Drop in Massachusetts Manufacturing Employment Since 2000, 3rd Largest in the U.S.
HomeNewsHere.com - Massachusetts
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After decades of offshoring, the United States is attempting a manufacturing revival. Under the Biden administration, federal programs like the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
Local MP Dandurand strengthens cross-border ties with Vermont leaders
The Sherbrooke Record
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August 20, 2025
By William Crooks Local Journalism Initiative Coaticook played host this week to a meeting aimed at reinforcing cross-border cooperation between the Eastern Townships and Vermont, bringing together elected officials, agency leaders, and tourism...
Nevada Bucks Trend with Manufacturing Job Growth Amid Steep National Decline
KMVU FOX26 - Oregon
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After decades of offshoring, the United States is attempting a manufacturing revival. Under the Biden administration, federal programs like the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
Vermont capital city plans to remove dam and restore nearby floodplain
Associated Press
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August 19, 2025
In Montpelier, city officials plan to remove the Pioneer Street Dam and restore a nearby floodplain. Together, the projects are predicted to have compounding positive effects that reduce flood risk in the city. The Pioneer Street Dam — an old mill...
‘Super Troopers 3’ Begins Production
PopCulture
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August 20, 2025
Broken Lizard will soon head back to the big screen. The comedy troupe known as Broken Lizard—Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske—have just begun filming a third Super Troopers, a sequel to the...
‘Thumb on the scale’: Vermont’s insurance regulator brings heavier hand to hospital contract talks
VTDigger - Vermont
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August 20, 2025
Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Kaj Samsom. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont’s insurance regulator has intervened to set significant guardrails on the contracts that hospitals and insurers are negotiating for the...