MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 19 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 18, 2024: * * * Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement: "I join so many Vermonters in mourning the passing of our friend Tim Hayward. Tim was a true giant of quiet, selfless service, and he worked every single day to do his part and then some. "He was a proud marine, legislator, and senior advisor to many - including Governor Snelling, Congressman Smith, Congressman Mallary,  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: In a tractor trailer in Mississippi, vials of urine and blood are color-coded with stickers and packed on ice bricks in a Styrofoam-lined box before a 1,100-mile flight to the University of Vermont's research facility in Colchester. There, April Perry demonstrates how a team of other technicians catalog the samples and organize the red blood cells, plasma, urine, and serums into batches for lab testi  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 22 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Attorney General Charity Clark, along with the U.S. Justice Department and 15 other state and district Attorneys General, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint, filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, all  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 22 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Dr. Jill Bowen as commissioner of the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) within the Agency of Human Services (AHS). Dr. Bowen comes to Vermont from Philadelphia where she has served as commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS) for more than thr  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 22 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott today announced his appointment of Zoie Saunders to serve as Vermont's next education secretary. Saunders is an accomplished education leader with broad strategic and operational experience driving school improvement, increasing student outcomes and enrollment, closing service gaps, and optimizing school support services. Currently, Saunders works as the chief strategy and innov  more