Vermont State Treasurer and Brattleboro native Mike Pieciak was in town Thursday to talk about a new plan to establish a revolving loan fund that he hopes will help ease the state's housing crunch.

Saving for retirement should be easy, but tens of thousands of Vermont workers lack access to a workplace retirement plan. Many of these workers are not saving a penny for retirement, and this is a major threat to Vermont’s economic future.

April is Financial Literacy Month in the U.S., intended to raise awareness about developing good money habits early on.

National Unclaimed Property Day is Wednesday, and Treasurer Mike Pieciak has announced the State of Vermont is partnering again with the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators to remind Vermonters to search for and claim their missing money.

Community leaders of the Rutland region gathered in the Bardwell House Community Room on Monday afternoon to join State Treasurer Mike Pieciak as he announced the reintroduction of the 10% in Vermont local investment program.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak and Bennington County Senators announced that over $130,000 of federal funds are available to reimburse Bennington County public entities that conducted search and rescue operations on Green Mountain National Forest land on or after Oct. 1, 2012.

On June 1, VT Gov. Phil Scott signed Treasurer Mike Pieciak’s public retirement initiative proposal, VT Saves (S.135), into law.

In April, State Treasurer Mike Pieciak announced an $85 million expansion of the “10% in Vermont” local investment program, which authorizes the Treasurer to invest up to 10% of the State’s average daily cash balance for economic development in Vermont.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak stood with state and local leaders to announce a substantial expansion of the “10% in Vermont” local investment program.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak visited Capstone Community Action in Barre on Thursday, during National Financial Literacy Month, to highlight the financial education programming and resources they offer at their four central Vermont locations: Barre, Morrisville, Randolph, and Bradford.