MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 13 -- Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on May 12, 2023: * * * On Friday, Lt. Governor Zuckerman released the following statement after H.429, An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election laws, passed second reading in the Senate on a vote of 16-14: "It is unfortunate that poison pill provisions were forced into this bill as there are several pieces that I agree with. However, I believe wholeheartedly that, in an era marked by  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 10 -- Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on May 9, 2023: * * * On Tuesday, Lt. Governor Zuckerman released the following statement after the Senate voted to override Gov. Scott's veto of S.5: "When we passed the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2020, we committed ourselves to finding ways to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and lessen Vermont's role in the continued warming of the planet. "We have seen more than enough data to know   more

AMES, Iowa, May 10 (TNSfund) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Researchers across Iowa will work together to build the knowledge, infrastructure and capacity for the state to be a leader in advanced biomanufacturing. The National Science Foundation (NSF) will support the work with a five-year, $20 million grant from its Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (known as EPSCoR). The program is designed to build research capabilities and expertise across t  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 10 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on May 9, 2023: * * * Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement on the Senate's vote on S.5, imposing a clean heat standard: "Unfortunately, the Senate has chosen to override my veto on S.5, but I want to thank the bipartisan group of senators, including all seven Republicans and Democratic Senators Mazza, Starr and Wrenner for having the courage to put their constituents first by voting t  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 9 (TNSfund) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on May 8, 2023: A groundbreaking data science effort to better understand and harness the power of stories has earned the University of Vermont a $20 million research capacity building award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The five-year Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1 award, which promotes world-class  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 9 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release: The Attorney General's Office announced that it joined a multistate settlement last month with Visibly Inc, resolving an investigation into deceptive business practices at the online telehealth company. Visibly, formerly known as Opternative Inc., markets and sells an online vision test, among other products. The multistate investigation was opened after a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 10 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release: Vermonters who were misled by TurboTax into paying for free tax services will begin receiving restitution checks in the mail this week as the result of a multistate settlement. The settlement, announced in 2022, applies to certain consumers who paid TurboTax's owner Intuit to file their federal tax returns for tax years 2016, 2017, and 2018 when they were eligible to file for free through th  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 10 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Economic Development (DED), alongside the Vermont Professionals of Color Network (VT PoC), announced a new partnership to provide technical assistance and development services to Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) business owners and professionals statewide. "Building equity across the state is a priority of my Administration and that means includ  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 9 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. On May 8, Governor Scott signed bills of the following titles: * S.3, An act relating to prohibiting paramilitary training camps * H.41, An act relating to referral of domestic and sexual violence cases to community justice centers * H.76, An act relating to captive insurance * H.146, An act relating to ame  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 11 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. On May 10, Governor Scott signed bills of the following titles: * H.89, An act relating to civil and criminal procedures concerning legally protected health care activity * S.37, An act relating to access to legally protected health care activity and regulation of health care providers When signing the bill  more