All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
May 22 2012 // Vermont State Police and other law enforcement agencies have begun conducting sobriety and vehicle safety checkpoints within Caledonia and Essex counties. Between Sunday, May 20, and June 3, an aggressive effort will be...
May 21 2012 // Vermont police say a 33-year-old motorist was distracted while writing a text message on his cellphone when he crashed into a police car.Vermont State Police say Jesse Clayton crashed into a Rutland police cruiser at about...
May 18 2012 // Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law the next step in a multi-year effort to revamp Vermont’s health care system and make it more like Canada’s. The bill Shumlin signed on Wednesday calls for setting up a...
May 18 2012 // Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground.The Democrat, surrounded at a...
May 7 2012 // Vermont officials said its captive insurance industry is off to a strong start in 2012, with the state having licensed eight new captives during the first quarter.“We had a great first quarter with the licensing of...
Apr 26 2012 // Stephen Cutlip had only been living in Mendon for several weeks when he was displaced last summer by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.Following the August flood, he lived in a series of motels then spent three months in...