VEGI

Since Vermont is facing a critical shortage of workers, should the state be incentivizing companies to create new jobs? That’s the question at the heart of a bill before the Legislature this session.

Beta Technologies will expand its Vermont footprint with a new battery testing facility in a former Energizer plant in St. Albans, the company announced Wednesday.

A tech company announced last August it would hire 250 people to staff an office in Waterbury. But in recent months, it quietly canceled those plans.The development comes even though the company, MTX Group, was in line to receive the largest-ever award from a controversial state economic incentive program.

On Nov. 6, California company Marvell announced it was laying off 78 employees at an Essex Junction plant it had recently acquired.But less than a week…

The state board that administers the Vermont's main business incentive program is discussing changes to how it evaluates and reports the performance of…