The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it has approved expanding coverage in the state for one set of prescription hearing aids every three years, along with annual exams, beginning in 2024. The expanded coverage will affect individual and small group health plans.
Imagine taxing all vegetables but not beef, then giving the receipts to rich people to buy hamburgers and steaks, who could then eat more meat and fewer vegetables, becoming richer and fatter.
Offshore wind is just an example of infrastructure we can’t build even when the money is there. We are not going to achieve any of our infrastructure goals if we let “visible from the beach” or any number of other local impacts block projects.
The state’s Agency of Transportation announced it plans to purchase nine electric buses through two grant programs through the Federal Transportation Agency. Medium-sized buses will be purchased from Letenda, a new manufacturer located in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
Life expectancy across all groups in the U.S. has fallen 2.7 years from 2019 to 2021, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Wednesday.
A battery-powered electric car caught fire on I-91 in Putney Saturday, August 27 and a shipping container of electric batteries caught fire at the Burlington International Airport Friday, Aug. 26.
William Toborg, a pro-life member of the Barre City Diversity and Equity Committee, will be muted if he attempts to speak at future meetings because of his “anti-women activism” and “misogynistic perspective,” the committee chair informed him in an Aug. 16 email.
The policy has several significant shortfalls. First it doesn’t help anyone who didn’t go to college, never took out a loan, paid back their loan, or is going to start taking out loans in the future. Secondly it will only help with a portion of the loan, and depending on the total balance, it might not feel like very much.
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk told European energy leaders that the world needs more oil, natural gas and nuclear power to end its energy crisis during a conference in Norway, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Jennifer has demonstrated her legal expertise, as well as her commitment to justice and public service, in her role as state’s attorney and I’m confident she will continue to set a strong example on the bench,” said Governor Scott.
As boaters visit Vermont’s lakes and ponds this summer, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) offers tips to stay safe and protect natural resources.
Peter Welch, Vermont’s Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate, said he supported this act because it targets the most wealthy tax evaders and helps struggling families and workers. But the data shows that in the past year a vast number of audits were conducted on taxpayers who earned $75,000 or less.