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Vermont legislators look to fast-track a plan to lower what insurers pay hospitals
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (997+ words) As the legislative session races to a close, there is a lot of hurrying up and waiting for bills to reach their final form." In the healthcare world, one such bill, S. 190, would fast-track the Green Mountain Care Board's ability to…...
Vermont lawmakers abandon push to ban chemical dyes from cafeterias after school district opposition
1+ week, 2+ day ago (821+ words) MONTPELIER " The Vermont Senate abandoned a bill that would have barred a list of chemical additives from the food and drinks served in schools after two of the state's largest school districts told lawmakers they were opposed to the proposal....
Vermont's loggers are struggling. A sales tax exemption could help.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (286+ words) This commentary is by Dana Doran, who is the executive director of Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast. It has been said that silence can be a loud cry for help, and for Vermont's logging and forest trucking industry, the…...
Vermont Conversation: Shepherd, farmer and award-winning author Helen Whybrow on life, death and belonging
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (332+ words) When Helen Whybrow isn't herding her flock of Icelandic sheep or in the paddock with a ewe that's giving birth to lambs, she can be found writing. This week, this shepherd was awarded Vermont's highest literary prize. Whybrow received the…...
Experienced Vermont media leader Brendan Kinney named CEO of Vermont Journalism Trust and VTDigger
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (578+ words) As CEO, Brendan will strengthen not just VTDigger's service to its readers, but also the broader news ecosystem of Vermont," said the organization's president. He is currently the chief operating officer at Vermont Public. Member-supported journalism. Informing and engaging Vermont....
From the 1970s to today, mapping Vermont for land use sets off fierce opposition
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1044+ words) In the early 1970s, dozens of rural landowners, real estate agents and concerned citizens trekked to Montpelier in the middle of a snowstorm to decry a statewide land-use plan. They told state leaders the plan would infringe on their private property…...
The hidden fee spreading across Vermont parking meters
2+ week, 2+ day ago (810+ words) Pull up to a space in one of six Vermont communities, and rather than the typical parking meter, you might see a big green sign with a four- or five-digit number on it." That is your indication that you can…...
World Press Freedom Day starts here in Vermont
2+ week, 5+ day ago (173+ words) Sunday, May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, a time to reflect on the role of a free press around the world. Recent global reporting shows press freedom is declining steeply " on par with periods of major global instability, including the…...
Rutland County assistant judge resigns, plans to run as independent for Vermont Senate
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (553+ words) It's a day to take action and support the news organizations you value. Will you help keep us fiercely independent? Long-time public official Dave Wolk stepped down from the role of Rutland County assistant judge on Monday, ahead of a…...
Medicare Advantage plans are leaving Vermont. Now what?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1153+ words) Bouncing from plan to plan for Medicare coverage has become an inadvertent, annual tradition for Becky Beerwald. Beerwald is just one of the thousands of Vermonters trying to make sense of the coverage that remains available now that Medicare Advantage…...