Winter is when birds seek feeders most, here’s how to help With winter weather now taking hold, Vermonters are readying their bird feeders. “Birds of all species have very interesting behaviors, shapes, and plumage and have captured the human imagination […]
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Storm clouds ahead?
By Rep. Jim Harrison You are out on a walk and you see the dark clouds nearby. Do you seek shelter or take a chance on the storm passing by? Last week there was a fiscal briefing for all new […]
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Enthusiasm over CBD helps fuel growing hemp market in Vermont
By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger The number of farmers who registered with the state of Vermont to grow hemp rose more than 400 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to the state Agency of Agriculture. The amount of acreage reported to be […]
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Governor’s marijuana advisory commission announces listening tour
The Governor’s Marijuana Advisory Commission will host a listening tour throughout Vermont in order to provide Vermonters an opportunity for public comment on the draft reports produced by the Commission’s Subcommittees on Roadway Safety, Education and Prevention and Taxation and […]
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U.S. Forest Service offers $5 cut-your-own trees
RUTLAND — At this time of year the adventure of going out to get a Christmas tree is a much-anticipated ritual of the season — and a pricey one. There is an alternative, however. Should they be interested, the U.S. […]
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Airbnb generates $7.8 million in tax revenue for Vermont
Since reaching its tax agreement with Vermont two years ago, Airbnb has remitted more than $7.8 million in taxes. Airbnb automatically collects and remits this tax, providing a significant boost to state coffers while making the process seamless for individuals […]
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Robocalls on the rise in Vermont and elsewhere
By Anne Wallace Allen, VTDigger Nuisance phone calls to Vermont numbers increased more than one-third between May and October this year. The call-blocking service YouMail said about 5.1 million robocalls rang on 802 area codes in October – a rate of […]
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Advisory panel to recommend 26% tax on cannabis sales
By Kit Norton/VTDigger The subcommittee on taxation and regulation will be recommending to the Governor’s Marijuana Advisory Commission that the state adopt the highest tax rate on recreational cannabis currently in New England. It will be recommended to the the […]
Column, Opinion, State News
House shifts to the left
By Jim Harrison Amid high turnout, likely fueled by the discourse in Washington and anti-Trump sentiment in Vermont, along with successful efforts of the Democrat/Progressives’ “get out the vote campaign,” the Vermont House made a shift to the left statewide. […]
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Hunters asked to help collect deer data
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is asking hunters for help in a statewide initiative to gather more biological data on the state’s deer population. Hunters who get a deer during the Nov. 10-25 rifle season are asked to provide […]