January 31, 2012 – 3:27 pm

Anne Galloway of VTDigger.org posted this on January 29th, 2012. Mark Larson, Commissioner of the Department of Health Access and Floyd Nease, Executive Director of the Vermont Association of Mental Health, will both be participating in Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2012 hosted by Common Good Vermont on February 9th, 2012. When the Vermont State Hospital [...]
January 24, 2012 – 1:41 pm

This recent Johns Hopkins Study finds nonprofit sector leading in national job growth! The report states “Nonprofits have been playing an unprecedented role during the current recession by responding to increased demands for services and have had to unfairly operate with a lack of access to equity funding, limits on the ability to lobby for government contract business and other negative policy shortfalls.”
January 15, 2012 – 11:15 am

More than 2,700 people shared their priorities for the year with Senator Bernie Sanders in the last Vt. Bernie Buzz poll. The most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression continues to dominate the issues. More than one in three people, or 36 percent, said jobs and the economy were their top concerns. And more [...]
January 5, 2012 – 7:39 pm
Presented by Governor Peter Shumlin to the Vermont Legislature on January 5, 2012. Press play on the screen below for the complete 1/5/2012 recording Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests, fellow Vermonters: Thank you. It’s been such a privilege to serve as Vermont’s governor over the past year. [...]
December 14, 2011 – 11:46 am

When: Thursday, February 9th, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM Where: State House, Montpelier VT
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November 16, 2011 – 2:36 pm

Reposted from Vermont Businesses Magazine, www.vermontbiz.com Wed Nov 9, 2011 A Senate panel approved and sent to the full Senate a two-year transportation funding bill to repair crumbling roads, bridges and railroads and fund other transportation projects. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a member of the Environment and Public Works committee, voted for the measure that [...]
October 21, 2011 – 2:48 pm

Public Assets Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to developing policies that apply the powers of government to improving the well-being of ordinary citizens, especially the most vulnerable, recently released a report on how Vermont must address budget problems. Lored some of the cuts proposed by the governor, its budget is still short by [...]
October 12, 2011 – 2:13 pm

Editor October 11, 2011 Itemized deductions, provided by Federal tax law, encourage tax payers to give to charitable organizations. In an effort to reduce the Federal budget, lawmakers in Washington are determining whether entitlement reforms, spending cuts and changes to the tax code will be implemented to help fix the country’s economic woes. The White [...]
October 4, 2011 – 4:35 pm

The Nonprofit Quarterly featured this helpful insight by Rick Cohen on the potential impacts of Congressional deliberations on FY2012 Federal Spending September 21, 2011 It’s appropriations season, when Congress funds federal agencies—including those important to the nonprofit sector—for the coming fiscal year which actually starts, in theory, a couple of weeks from now. Are the [...]