MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 16 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: With more than 80% of eligible Vermonters having received at least one dose of a COVID-19, vaccine, Governor Scott has removed all state COVID-19 restrictions and the State of Emergency will expire at midnight tonight. "As a result of so many Vermonters who stepped up to be vaccinated - and a nation-leading vaccination rate - restrictions are no longer needed to slow the spread and protect hospital c more PR

ADA, Oklahoma, June 17 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: The Chickasaw Nation Productions documentary "Bearer of the Morning" from the Chickasaw Heritage Series will stream at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 17 on Okemo Valley Television at OkemoValley.tv in Vermont. The Chickasaw Heritage Series is a video project initiative from Chickasaw Nation Productions designed to inform, educate and entertain audiences about the resilien more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: When nature vanishes, U.S. people of color and low-income Americans disproportionally lose critical environmental and health benefits--including air quality, crop productivity and natural disease control--a new University of Vermont study finds. The research, published in Nature Communications, is the first national study to explore the unequal impacts on U.S. society--by race, income and other demogr more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 15 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 14, 2021: Governor Phil Scott today announced that 80.2% of Vermont's eligible population - those age 12 and older - have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first state to reach this major milestone. Governor Scott also announced he has rescinded all state COVID-19 restrictions. Additionally, Vermont's State of Emergency, slated to expire on June 15, will not be  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 15 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following statement: * * * This afternoon, Lt. Governor Gray released the following statement on the state surpassing the goal of vaccinating 80% of eligible Vermonters: "As Vermont passes this critical milestone in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, never have I felt these words to be more true: 'I love Vermont... most of all because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who have almost beggare more PR