Just 6% of small businesses have fully recovered pandemic losses, poll shows
Just 6% of small businesses that were negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have fully recovered their losses, a Job Creators Network survey showed.
Just 6% of small businesses that were negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have fully recovered their losses, a Job Creators Network survey showed.
In a year with record funds flowing into Vermont, you would think we could offer this modest tax relief to our veterans — and their families — who have already sacrificed so much for our nation and our state. Yet, the Montpelier Majority won’t allow it.
More than 41 million American men and women have served during times of war, and more than 1 million have given the last full measure. And if you were to ask any of them why they did it, they would tell you it was the right thing to do. Memorial Day is for them.
The woke left views the military as a crucial ideological battlefield. And much of the brass and civilian leadership at the Pentagon are prepared to fight on behalf of the woke cause. Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, it seems, was an early casualty in this ideological offensive, but likely not the last.
The 1776 Commission reconvened Monday to voice opposition to a federal regulation pushing schools to promote critical race theory, and to call for states and localities to establish their own similar panels to promote accurate American history.
LHS CEO Jeff Silvestro knew for a fact that the creases in those mail-in ballots would create a misread or rejection. Every single politician involved in the meeting at issue knew it as well. And they did nothing.
The new study is aimed at select Vermont Medicaid members struggling with alcohol use. DynamiCare launched the study to test whether financial rewards can help Vermonters curb excessive drinking. The experimental effort may someday usurp some staid mainstream approaches to the addiction problem.
The funds will create 31,650 new summer program slots over the course of the summer, lead to a total of 238 new weeks of summer programming and decrease the average weekly cost to families by $162.
Thirteen states have prohibited proof-of-vaccination requirements at all or some levels of government. Three states with Democratic governors — Hawaii, New York, and Oregon — exempt fully vaccinated individuals from some COVID-19 restrictions if they can provide proof of vaccination.
Those voting yes believe the bill would encourage and help landlords who own blighted or vacant rental properties to bring them up to code, increasing the overall amount of rental housing available in the state. Those voting no believe this would cripple Vermont’s short-term rental industry, such as Airbnb’s.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Wednesday announced that the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, which today passed out of the Environment and Public Works Committee, will include nearly $1.4 billion for Vermont’s roads, bridges, and transit systems.
There have been 219 new COVID cases in Vermont in the past week, down 130 from the prior week and down 85% since April. Cases are also falling significantly all through the northeast region.