All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 22 2011 // The Vermont attorney general’s office said a Williston County contractor was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating Vermont’s workers’ compensation laws.Donald Bevins, who operated “Twin City...
Aug 17 2011 // A Vermont town being sued by its former treasurer is denying the allegations of her civil suit.Nearly a year after Linda Stone filed the suit against the town of Irasburg, the town filed an answer in court, citing...
Aug 16 2011 // The family of a mentally ill Vermont man shot to death by Vermont State Police troopers is asking a federal appeals court to order a wrongful death trial.The family of Robert Fortunati wants a new trial on their claims...
Aug 9 2011 // Captive insurance professionals from throughout the United States and around the world are gathering in Burlington, Vermont next week for the world’s largest captive insurance conference. The Sheraton Hotel and...
Jul 18 2011 // A conservative think tank is giving the state of Vermont high marks for insurance regulation.The Chicago-based Heartland Institute says that Vermont has the best property and casualty insurance marketplace and the best...
Jul 11 2011 // A conservative think tank is giving the state of Vermont high marks for insurance regulation.The Chicago-based Heartland Institute says that Vermont has the best property and casualty insurance marketplace and the best...
Jun 28 2011 // Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors say Donald Bevins, of Williston, doing business as Twin City...
Jun 27 2011 // Vermont communities in counties that were declared a disaster from spring flooding will get some help applying for federal aid.The Vermont Agency of Transportation will hold a series of meetings for communities to learn...
Jun 17 2011 // Vermont businesses damaged by recent flooding are now eligible for an emergency low-interest loan program approved by Gov. Peter Shumlin and the chairs of the Legislature’s money committees. The state Emergency...
Jun 10 2011 // United Way officials in Vermont say they want to collect information to help make the case to the federal government that the state should be eligible for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
May 20 2011 // Several Vermont companies have received recognition for their commitment to workplace safety, with King Arthur Flour of Norwich taking the top award for large companies.Ryegate Associates in East Ryegate and Curtis Lumber...
May 19 2011 // A mistake in the software set-up on a breath analysis machine and whistleblowers’ complaints about unethical lab work threaten dozens of drunken-driving prosecutions in Vermont.At issue are breath tests performed by...
May 6 2011 // At one end of the Burlington, Vermont neighborhood, 16-year-old Nathan Shappy was filling sandbags to put around his family’s house. Nearby, Maria Spadanuda waded through 8-inch deep floodwaters surrounding her home,...
May 4 2011 // Elbert “Al” Moulton, the man credited with keeping billboards out of Vermont and creating the state’s captive insurance industry, has died.Moulton died Sunday at his Townshend home. He was 85. The cause...
Apr 28 2011 // Paul Liberty Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has hired Paul Liberty as its property claim program manager. Liberty is a 30-year industry veteran. He most recently held a senior management position with Narragansett Bay...
Apr 4 2011 // Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye toward lowering health care costs. The issue of medical malpractice...
Mar 22 2011 // Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye to lowering health care costs. In debates over health care reform both...
Feb 22 2011 // Williston, Vermont-based home improvement contractor Donald Bevins with three counts of failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance and two counts of violating a stop work order by state labor...
Feb 10 2011 // A Massachusetts insurance regulator is set to become the deputy commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. Susan Donegan will come to Vermont from her job...
Jan 24 2011 // States across the Northeast continue to look at captive insurance companies as a potential source of new business — and tax revenue — but the continued growth of captives is treating some states better than...