Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Governor Shumlin Signs Health ‘Exchange’ Bill
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...
Vermont Becomes First State in U.S. to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing
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...
Vermont Licensed 8 New Captives in Q1
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...
Vermont and U.S. Officials Highlight Irene Housing
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...
Vermont Licensed 8 New Captives in 2012 Q1; Strongest Start Since 2005
Apr 16 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...
Vermont’s Banking, Insurance Department Adopts a New Name
Apr 6 2012 // Vermont’s regulatory agency that oversees the state’s banking, insurance and securities sectors has adopted a new name this week. The agency, which used to be called the Vermont Department of Banking,...
Vt. Court Denies Claim of Slain Girl’s Father, Says Insurer Not Liable
Apr 2 2012 // The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a slain 12-year-old girl’s father who claimed the ex-wife of the man charged in her murder was negligent in his daughter’s death and that her insurance...
Nix the Tape on Home Windows, Say Hurricane Officials
Mar 29 2012 // Officials with the National Hurricane Center had a message this week for residents living in hurricane-prone areas: Don’t tape your windows. Center officials are joining with a consumer advocate group at the National...
Vermont Officials Warn Homeowners About Awakening Bears
Mar 26 2012 // As winter turns to spring, Vermont officials are warning local homeowners about awakening bears. Homeowners are advised to take down bird feeders to help keep bears out of trouble. Photo credit: Vermont Fish and Wildlife...
Vermont Communities Pour Out Stories of Irene
Mar 19 2012 // Five months after the remnants of Hurricane Irene inundated Vermont, people are recording their memories of what happened. In Waterbury, residents published “When the River Rose,” a part community memoir and...
Vermont, FEMA Join Forces to Buy Out Flood-Prone Properties
Mar 16 2012 // Vermont and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are joining to put $19.8 million toward buying out properties that are prone to flooding. Gov. Peter Shumlin, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch and other officials traveled to...
Vermont Communities Pouring Out Stories of Irene
Mar 5 2012 // First the waters came with the rains of Hurricane Irene’s remnants, swamping dozens of Vermont communities, destroying homes, businesses, roads and upending lives. The cover of the book "When the River...
UnitedHealth Pays $250K Penalty in Vermont
Mar 5 2012 // UnitedHealth Insurance paid a $250,000 penalty in Vermont last month to resolve administrative charges. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care Administration imposed the penalty on...
UnitedHealth Pays $250K Penalty in Vermont Over Alleged Improper Ads
Feb 22 2012 // UnitedHealth Insurance Company has paid a $250,000 penalty in Vermont this month to resolve charges brought by financial regulators. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities & Health Care...
Vermont Officials Will Choose Among 3 Health Packages
Feb 17 2012 // A top Vermont health official says the administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin is zeroing in on what sort of benefit package to offer in a new health insurance marketplace to be launched in 2014, and has narrowed the field to...
Vermont Mulls Adoption of Health Insurance Exchange
Feb 13 2012 // Vermont lawmakers will decide this winter how their state will design a health insurance exchange. The federal Affordable Care Act requires states to create exchanges by 2014 or have the government do it for them. The...
Vermont Would Allow ‘Bronze Plan’ to Encourage Health
Feb 9 2012 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and legislative leaders said this week they wanted to make it possible for more of the state’s small businesses to offer lower premium health insurance plans sometimes known as...
First ‘Epic’ Vermont Flood Brought Change; Will Irene?
Feb 8 2012 // Twice in less than a century, Waterbury’s 1827 Congregational Church, at the crest of a small rise on Main Street, has played a critical role in helping the community escape the ravages of the rising Winooski River...
Vt. Fire Chief: Chimney Fires on the Rise Because of Warmer Weather
Feb 7 2012 // A Vermont fire chief says there’s been an increase in chimney fires because of the warmer weather. Townshend Fire Chief Doug Winot says two fires over the weekend were apparently caused by clogged chimneys. He tells...
Two Vermont Towns to Decide on Abandoned Asbestos Mine
Jan 31 2012 // Voters in Lowell and Eden are going to vote on whether to request that an abandoned asbestos mine be declared a federal Superfund hazardous waste site so it can be cleaned up and eventually redeveloped as a biomass power...
