CASTLETON, Vermont, Sept. 25 -- Castleton University issued the following news: Castleton University and Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region are proud to announce a new partnership with an eye toward enhancing internship and career opportunities and an increased focus on community engagement. Kimberley Rupe, business development and community engagement manager of Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region, will work alongside Castleton's Pathway to Graduation team  more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 24 -- Democracy for America issued the following statement on Sept. 23 by CEO Yvette Simpson: * * * This afternoon, a Kentucky Grand Jury announced a narrow set of indictments that did not include any charges in direct response to the murder of Breonna Taylor. Profoundly disappointed by the indictment announcement, DFA is responding by reiterating its commitment to electing a slate of champions for criminal justice reform across the country in 2020. The following i more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 21 -- Democracy for America issued the following statement on Sept. 18 by CEO Yvette Simpson: * * * Democracy for America CEO Yvette Simpson on the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "Tonight, the country mourns the loss of a great American jurist and a pioneer in the fight for women's rights and equal justice under the law. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American hero and icon who will go down in history as one of the most important voices more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Sept. 23 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wisconsin's Milwaukee Campus issued the following news release: Melissa K. Scanlan has been named the new Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair in Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In this position she also directs the Center for Water Policy at UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences. Scanlan currently is a visiting professor at Boston College Law School and a professor at the Vermont Law School, where she co-founded and d more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 24 (TNSGra) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on Sept. 23: Land-use change. Environmental change. Extreme natural events. Wildfires and hurricanes. All are impacting the planet's so-called critical zone, where water, air, soil, rock and life interact. To explore these overlapping disturbances to the critical zone, the realm that spans from the treetops to the Earth's bedrock, University of Vermont researchers have been awarded a $3.2 million gran more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 21 -- The Vermont Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * This weekend we mourn with millions of Americans over the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday at the age of 87. Justice Ginsburg's life was one of remarkable achievement, first as a litigator and advocate for women's rights and gender equality, and later as United States Supreme Court Justice, a role in which she served for 27 years. She was the secon more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 22 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release: Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced today that Vermont will receive approximately $10.5M over three years in a structured settlement with major tobacco companies, including Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds. Today's settlement relates to an earlier 2018 settlement in which Vermont settled a series of disputes with major tobacco companies arising from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreem more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 25 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on Sept. 24: Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced that C.R. Bard, Inc., and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Company, will pay the State of Vermont $600,000 for mispresenting the safety and effectiveness of its transvaginal surgical mesh devices. Bard's devices were used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in women, often caused by childbirth, age, a more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 24 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Sept. 23: Governor Phil Scott today signed S.337, creating new programs to reduce to greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal energy and transportation sectors. "In my State of the State address, I once again advocated for using energy efficiency funds to support transportation electrification - a key transformation we must achieve to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions," said Governor Scott. "I am more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 23 -- Lt. Gov. David E. Zuckerman, Progressive Party-Vermont, issued the following statement on Sept. 22: * * * "I am really pleased that after having introduced some of the first cannabis legalization bills over 20 years ago, we are finally achieving a tax and regulate system with some of the strictest controls on corporate ownership and added protections and resources for youth prevention. This comprehensive and forward thinking bill addresses the historical harms  more PR