Someone cut off his microphone after Flaherty said, “We know how much Bill Gates cares about children. He met and traveled with Jeffrey Epstein many times after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes.”

Facial recog software sometimes produces false positives, resulting in harassment and embarrassment, the feds told Rite-Aid.

Flood are especially unwelcome for a business with the word ‘Cellar’ in it.

“Is it the last of my nine lives I don’t know but maybe I have something else left to do,” Rick muses.

There’s good money working with your hands or driving big vehicles in the forest.

“They’re still in debt. If they took out another loan, it would be like buying another house.”

After fears of a “she-cession” during the pandemic, women have returned to the workforce at unprecedented rates.

Vermont is among 24 states with lagging employment in the “prime working age” of the labor market.

A landmark Vermont inn, famed as a conference center and four-season travel destination, is fighting back against a lawsuit charging discrimination against LGBTQ and women employees.

Unemployment dropped a percentage point, and economic growth was slow compared to the national growth during the third quarter of 2022.

A regulated legal market is a step in the right direction for a Chelsea marijuana producer who says “I’ve been a black-market grower almost all my life.”

As Vermonters age and the working population stagnates, the proportion of active wealth producers declines.

The truck is still King of the Road for freight hauling in Vermont, but rail is likely to take a higher share in the next two decades.

Jay Peak becomes the sixth ski resort in PGRI’s portfolio.

Teachers, carpenters, nurses and clerks will be in demand during the next decade.

Big corporations will fly employees seeking abortions to Vermont, to be paid for by taxpayers – that’s the plan laid out by big name brand companies and some Vermont politicians.

Vermont could become home to an Odd Burger vegan fastfood franchise.

Adults age 21 and over will be able to purchase up to 1 ounce of marijuana or 8,400 milligrams of THC-infused products.

Now that Bradford has approved retail cannabis sales, a couple hopes to open the store next to a martial arts studio. Selling marijuana “can only bring prosperity,” Kendall Gendron confidently states.

For the second time in about two months, the federal government has forced a Vermont McDonald’s franchise to write a big check due to teen labor infractions.

Cannabis enthusiasts are marketing Vermont marijuana stores to tourists.

A popular craft chain with 900 stores nationwide, Hobby Lobby will be one of two ‘anchors’ in the Berlin Mall.

After years of turmoil, Jay Peak is entering a new era.

The Vermont Community Loan Fund hopes its new BIPOC-only fund will shrink the Wealth Gap.

A cutting-edge electric aircraft builder employing hundreds of people now has a 75-year lease at the Burlington International Airport.

A national e-bike ridesharing service has pulled out of Vermont. Too much regulation, too little, or something else?

Inflation in Vermont was bad last month – but even worse nationwide.

The ongoing post-pandemic employment gap of about 15,000 employed Vermonters, despite the unprecedented demand for workers, has led some Vermonters to wonder why.

Anyone who meets J.J. Poljacik quickly realizes his vision is superseded only by his energy to make it happen.

From small businesses to larger franchises, there seems to have been a disappearance of willing workers. Employers and customers on both sides of the Connecticut River are wondering, “Where is everybody?”

Despite an unprecedented shortage of available housing, Vermont has a higher vacant home rate than any other state in the nation. What’s going on here?

Gasoline is just the most obvious commodity shortage affecting Vermont consumers and industry.

The chickens have come home to roost, the cavalry’s not coming – pick your metaphor to describe Vermont chronic worker shortage, but understand this – it won’t be improving anytime soon.

President Biden wants the IRS to audit every bank transaction of $600 or more.

The Chinese government doesn’t like sharing information – even with foreign investors in Chinese companies. Gordon Chang reports.

A large call-center employer in Newport reportedly will close its building soon. The company hopes to keep as many employees as possible working remotely, a development official said today.

The States accuse Google of using its market dominance to unfairly restrict competition with the Google Play Store, harming consumers by limiting choice and driving up app prices.

At Town Meeting this March, Middlebury voters ok’d the operation of cannabis retailers locally. The question remains: where and how will the “weed” be regulated in town?

Vermont has the smallest gender wage gap in the country.

Vermont employers will pay higher unemployment insurance (UI) rates, while the maximum weekly benefit for unemployed workers will increase from $531 to $583 per week.

The Vermont unemployment rate is down to 2.6% and isn’t expected to climb much until more workers re-enter the workforce. Meanwhile – the federal government is paying $300/week to stay home.

A judge yesterday ordered former UPS Store owner Michael Desautels to pay $850 in penalties for violating mask guidelines, as the Attorney General’s Office had requested.

New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) yesterday filed a complaint asking the US Small Business Administration (SBA) to demand a return of the $2,717,300 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan unlawfully obtained by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England to subsidize its abortion clinics in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont.

Everyone thought Vermonters would flock to these relatively high-paying, benefits-producing jobs. Compared to the long, irregular hours and low pay of farm labor and the service industry, these jobs were gold. But now, some employers who invested millions in Franklin County operations are looking elsewhere. There just aren’t enough workers. 

The proposed 80-room Hampton Inn and 345-space parking garage located mostly on Capitol Plaza property has been sidelined primarily because of litigation delays as well as COVID-related economic concerns.

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