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开云体育 reporter Bob Kinzel covers economic issues from the Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.
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Senators advanced a bill Thursday to study the creation of a statewide Office of New Americans, which would coordinate services for immigrants in Vermont. 鈥淚mmigrants in Vermont are the fastest-growing working-age demographic 鈥� they're vital to our economy and to our future,鈥� said the bill鈥檚 sponsor, Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, D-Chittenden County, earlier this week. 鈥淏ut the challenges they face are around licensing and education, language barriers.鈥� -
Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver in charge of Burke Mountain, said in a press release this week he was 鈥渘ow finalizing鈥� the sale of the resort. The Northeast Kingdom ski resort and hotel has been overseen by Goldberg since 2016, when federal regulators accused the former owners of running a 鈥淧onzi-like鈥� scheme. -
Trump put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Tuesday. Markets tanked. And by Thursday, he had decided to broadly lift them. -
Sen. Welch discusses Trump's tax on Canadian goods. Vermont Commerce Secretary and a Montreal reporter discuss how the tariffs will play out on either side of the border. -
Newly imposed import tariffs by the Trump administration threaten a major economic link, with consumers bracing for higher prices. In Vermont, Canadian imports were valued at around $2.4 billion last year. -
Canada and China hit back swiftly after Trump's sweeping tariffs took effect Tuesday, raising fears of a global trade war. International markets, meanwhile, continued to slide. -
A group of 85 refugees from Jordan and Syria are in Brattleboro taking part in a first-of-its-kind college preparatory program as they get ready to attend American universities and colleges in the fall. -
There's a lot laid out in Gov. Phil Scott's 2026 budget he shared Tuesday 鈥� which totals about $9 billion. Here are just a few of the big proposals that might help break it down. -
Economists say the Vermont and national economies are performing far better than economists predicted six months ago, and that 鈥渁ggregate measures of economic activity have rarely been better.鈥� -
Vermont is the only state in the U.S. that requires annual inspections of racetracks, but regulators say it may be time to deregulate.
