Vermont Secretary of Administration Michael K. Smith will leave his post at the end of August, the governor's office announced today.
Gov. Jim Douglas will appoint Vermont Agency of Transportation Secretary Neale Lunderville to fill the vacancy, the Times Argusreports. David Dill, who currently serves as deputy secretary of transportation, will succeed Lunderville at VTrans.
Sara Gear Boyd has passed away from cancer. The former legislator had been the national committeewoman for the past 16 years. She had split her time ... >
"This enables folks who may still be unemployed despite their best efforts some additional cushion to help them through this difficult time."
-- Patricia Moulton-Powden, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor, on an agreement between the state and federal government that could extend emergency unemployment payments to as many as 4,000 Vermonters.