By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger When lawmakers begin the legislative session Wednesday, Jan. 4, they will be dealing with many of the perennial issues that stem from the ever-rising cost of health care. The Joint Fiscal Office projects that lower-than-expected Medicaid […]
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Op - Ed, Opinion
Fake news, is it for real?
By Jon Morgolis, VTDigger Fake news has not come to Vermont. Not that some Vermonters don’t consider a report in the newspaper or on TV here and there to have been inaccurate or biased. But that’s not what fake news […]
News Briefs, police
Rutland drug kingpin convicted
By Adam Federman, VTDigger The kingpin of a major cocaine and heroin distribution ring in the Rutland area was convicted by a federal jury Friday, Dec. 23. Joell Joyce, or “Prince,” a 27-year-old African American from Brooklyn, was found guilty […]
News Briefs
Holocaust hero Marion Pritchard remembered in Vermont
By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger When Gov. Madeleine Kunin learned of the recent death of 96-year-old friend Marion Pritchard, she recalled their meeting at Vermont’s first Holocaust memorial ceremony in 1987 — and their separate yet shared World War II experiences […]
News Briefs
Then again: From horses to hockey—thrills on the ice
By Mark Bushnell, VTDigger The ice called to Amos Blood. Each winter, as the cold settled in, he would look out from his hometown of Ticonderoga, N.Y., across the frozen waters of Lake Champlain, to the Vermont shore. Blood would […]
News Briefs
Shooting in Georgia leaves one dead, another hospitalized
By Daniel Schwartz, VTDigger One man is dead and another has been transported to a hospital following a suspected shooting Monday, Jan. 2, on Georgia Mountain Road in Georgia, according to a Vermont State Police press release. Police are investigating […]
News Briefs
State colleges turn to the word “university” to draw Chinese students
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger State officials hope to attract foreign students and boost online enrollments to state colleges. That’s why the Vermont State College trustees used the word “university” to describe the newly merged Lyndon and Johnson state colleges. […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
“Blessed beyond belief:” A Christmas story
By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — If Hollywood ever chooses to turn the back-from-the-brink saga of Vermont’s Robb Family Farm into a feel-good holiday feature, it’ll need to cast actress Brooke Shields. That’s because this true story improbably stars her. […]
Local News
U.S. Fish and Wildlife plans to quadruple the size of wildlife refuge in Vt.
By Mike Polhamus, VTDigger A national wildlife refuge with around 26,000 acres in Essex County could expand dramatically over the coming decades, according to a long-range plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now in its final stages. The […]
Local News
Shooting is described as unintended cap to string of crimes
By Adam Federman, VTDigger The gun used in a fatal shooting in Poultney over the weekend was obtained in an early morning robbery and assault in Fair Haven in November, police said. William Bailey, 19, and Jonathan Testa, 21, have […]