AUSTIN, Texas, May 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sumana Nayak and reappointed Linda Morris to the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission for terms set to expire on September 1, 2027. Pursuant to an interstate compact with Vermont and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, the Compact Commission oversees and provides for the efficient management and disposal of low-level radioactive wa  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the University of Vermont (UVM) approximately $200,000 in funding to perform a study to assess current capacity at on farm digesters to accept food wastes; the potential impacts of food waste co-digestion on biogas production; and the potential impacts of co-digestion on nutrients and microplastics in digestate. The goal of this grant opportunity na  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 19 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Stephanie Lieggi The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Professor Carlos Maltzahn a $695,000 two-year grant aimed at establishing an open source program office (OSPO) that will serve the entire campus community. The new OSPO will be one of the first four in the United States to have such an office (John Hopkins, RIT, and Vermont are the others) and one of only two public univ  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 19 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release: Attorney General T.J. Donovan joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general earlier this week in filing two amicus briefs defending efforts to ensure that community health centers, clinics, and institutions serving low-income and underserved patient populations have access to discounted prescription drugs. The briefs, filed Monday, defend the actions of the U.S. Department of Healt  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 20 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced a settlement with Florida-based Centurion Filing Services, LLC (Centurion), for sending misleading mailings to Vermont businesses. Attorney General Donovan and Secretary of State Jim Condos previously issued a warning to Vermont businesses that Centurion, calling itself VT Certificate Service, was sending requests for payment   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 20 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: Governor Phil Scott and Senator Bernie Sanders, in partnership with Vermont Afterschool, today announced the recipients of the Afterschool & Summer Expanding Access Grant program for the summers of 2022 and 2023 and the 2022-2023 school year. A total of $4.23 million was awarded to 39 programs from 11 Vermont counties. Building off the successful 2021 Summer Matters grant initiative a  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 19 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Governor Phil Scott, the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) today announced that $6 million in brownfields funding has been committed to the cleanup and redevelopment of 453 Pine Street in Burlington. The current redevelopment proposal, being led by two Burlington entrepreneurs, includes a Nordic-style bathhouse and wellness sp  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Wiley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Wiley, a preeminent Washington, D.C. law firm, recently represented Vermont National Telephone Company in a case in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed a district court decision that dismissed Vermont National's False Claims Act claims against DISH Network Corp. and other defendants. Vermont National alleged that DISH and the other defendants defrauded the government of $3.3 billion by manipulating Federa  more