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Vermont Business Magazine Shelburne Museum officially broke ground today on the Perry Center for Native American Art, a new building and integrated landscape designed for the stewardship and care of the Indigenous art housed within the museum.

by Amanda Kuhnert “I am just so blessed to be here,“ said Sherri Shearer-Prouty, as she glanced around her new ice-cream shop in downtown Rutland, which she runs with her daughter Paige.

Vermont Business Magazine This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will affect traffic on state highways and interstates throughout Vermont for the week of June 23, 2025. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.  Work includes: I-89 Colchester – Improvements are underway at the Exit 17 interchange.

by Senator Scott Beck & Representative Pattie McCoy In November, voters delivered a clear mandate; they elected common sense Vermont Republicans in dramatic fashion and asked us to focus on affordability, housing, education, and public safety. Vermont Republicans gained more legislative seats than the rest of the states, combined.

by Meg Davidson As a longtime anti-hunger advocate, a former SNAP recipient, and a proud Vermonter, I am deeply alarmed by proposals moving through Congress that would gut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known here in Vermont as 3SquaresVT.

Vermont Business Magazine Over 100 nonprofit recipients of Lawson’s Finest Liquids’ Sunshine Fund donations are invited to the brewery’s inaugural SIPosium, a convening of local community-based organizations from across Vermont to be held Wednesday, June 25, at Lawson’s Finest destination taproom in Waitsfield, Vt.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott has signed the $9.1 billion 2025 budget “Big Bill” into law.

Vermont Business Magazine Simon Shuster, senior correspondent at TIME, will receive the 2025 William E. Colby Award at Norwich University’s Military Writers’ Symposium, scheduled for October 27-28.

Vermont Business Magazine For generations, Copley’s Birthing Center has been a source of joy and pride—a vital part of our hospital’s history and a trusted place for families across our region. We deeply honor the role our Birthing Center has played in welcoming new life and providing compassionate care during life’s most meaningful moments.

by Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Vermont weekly unemployment claims for the week ending June 14, 2025, fell back close to 300, to a level similar to much of the spring. New claims this week were 305, down 45 claims from the week before and up 49 from last year at this time. Claims, which are lowest in the summer, were 181 at the end of September 2024.

Vermont Business Magazine The bill, Act 68 (S.126), proposes to enact certain health care payment and delivery system reforms to achieve transformation of and structural changes to Vermont’s health care system. The bill would appropriate $4.2 million to the Agency of Human Services (AHS) and $1.2 million to the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB).

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Charity Clark today filed an amicus brief along with 21 other attorneys general in support of two lawsuits brought by National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) that seek to block proposed funding cuts to their organizations and local affiliates.