MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 3 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) announced today that seven additional awards and another $2.15M have been committed to remediate brownfields sites across the state. "This latest round of brownfield remediation projects continues our work of taking previously unusable sites and responsibly redeveloping them to create jobs, housing, and opp  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2022: Governor Phil Scott today announced he's appointed 33 Vermonters to State boards and commissions during the month of October. Boards and commissions serve an important role in state government, giving Vermonters numerous opportunities to serve their state and communities. The Governor's office is currently soliciting applications to fill vacancies and upcoming term expiratio  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Nov. 3 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement in response to the guilty verdicts delivered in State vs. Gurung. This case was originally dismissed by the Chittenden County State's Attorney in 2019. Governor Scott then requested the Attorney General's Office reconsider in order to ensure that justice was served, and public safety protected (see Governor Scott's 2019 letter by  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 31 (TNStalk) -- The University of Vermont issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 2022: * * * The University of Vermont's Board of Trustees approved a resolution adopting an official land acknowledgment statement. The campus of the University of Vermont sits within a place of gathering and exchange, shaped by water and stewarded by ongoing generations of Indigenous peoples, in particular the Western Abenaki. Acknowledging the relations between water, land, and pe  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on Nov. 1, 2022: New research from the University of Vermont finds the most viewed content on TikTok relating to food, nutrition and weight perpetuates a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults and that expert voices are largely missing from the conversation. Published today in PLOS One, the study found weight-normative messaging - the idea that weight is the most important measure of a person's  more