RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Governor Roy Cooper joined a bipartisan coalition of governors from Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington to urge the US Census Bureau to extend the Census through October 31 to help ensure a complete count. In a signed letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, Governor Cooper and the other more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 25 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: Jan Carney, professor of medicine, associate dean for public health and health policy, and senior advisor to the dean of the Larner College of Medicine, has been named the 2019-2020 recipient of the President's Distinguished University Citizenship and Service Award in recognition of her innovative teaching, creative leadership and service to the University of Vermont community. Carney, who served as Vermont Co more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 25 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: In the wake of the George Floyd killing and other incidents of racially motivated police violence, communities across the country are examining the practices of their local police departments more closely. Some are undertaking comprehensive training and education programs to address racial bias on their forces. New research conducted in Vermont shows that, while anti-bias police trainings resulted in small imp more PR

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Aug. 26 -- The Vermont Law School issued the following news release on Aug. 25: Today Vermont Law School announced the launch of the new Farm and Energy Initiative (FEI) website, a collaboration between the law school's Institute for Energy and the Environment and Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. The new open-access resource helps farmers, researchers, and policymakers promote sustainable energy use in agriculture. It includes toolkits and information in three m more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 29 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Aug. 28: Attorney General T.J. Donovan today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's final rule to roll back requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that federal agencies review and assess the impact of their actions on the environment. The lawsuit, filed with a coalition of attorneys general, argues that the final rule also limits public partici more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 26 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Aug. 25: Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced that Vermont will receive $100,000 as part of a multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (collectively known as Honda). Today's settlement resolves allegations that Honda concealed safety issues related to defects in airbag systems manufactured by Takata Corporation that were first  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: The Vermont Agency of Education, working in close cooperation with the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), is working to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and other resources to support Vermont schools as they prepare to reopen next month. These resources include PPE kits for school nurses and school COVID-19 coordinators, hand sanitizer, cloth face coverings, posters and other mask ca more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 27: Governor Phil Scott and Vermont officials today congratulated the Ministry of Transport Quebec (MTQ) for breaking ground on the third segment of construction of Autoroute 35 (A-35), which will connect the Highgate Springs crossing of U.S.-Canadian border directly to Montreal. "We are very pleased to see this phase of construction begin and we congratulate the MTQ on this exciting next step more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 24: Governor Phil Scott today announced that the State has applied for, and received, an initial grant award of $35.8 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Other Needs Assistance, or Lost Wage Assistance (LWA), program. "We know that tens of thousands of our neighbors are still struggling through this emergency," Governor Scott said. "This supplemental assistance  more PR