By Sen. Dick McCormack It requires real effort to focus on anything but Covid and the transfer of power, but life and its lesser concerns go on. A tri-partisan group of senators is co-sponsoring S.17, a bill I’ve introduced to […]
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Using one-time money
By Rep. Jim Harrison Last Tuesday, Jan. 26, Governor Phil Scott addressed a virtual joint assembly of the Legislature, to highlight his administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. The plan included use of $210 million […]
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AG Donovan urges to end the federal death penalty
Joins nearly 100 criminal justice leaders in calling for urgent action Attorney General TJ Donovan has joined nearly 100 criminal justice leaders in urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to take all actions within their power to […]
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Of those collecting regular unemployment in Vermont, 73% are women
By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger Among the millions of people who left the U.S. workforce last year, most are women. And nowhere is that more evident than in Vermont, which led the nation with the largest share of unemployment insurance recipients who […]
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Dire predictions on school property taxes aren’t coming true
By Lola Duffort/VTDigger An unexpected surplus in tax receipts is not just good news for the state’s coffers. It’s a boon to Vermont’s schools and to property owners, whose education taxes might otherwise have skyrocketed next year. With the state’s revenue upgrade in […]
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Vermont Teddybear Company to produce mittens inspired by Bernie
By Brooke Geery Second-grade teacher Jen Ellis’s handmade, upcycled mittens set the Internet ablaze after they were worn by Sen. Bernie Sanders at the 2021 inauguration. Since she is busy and satisfied with her current career, Ellis has opted against […]
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Meals on Wheels celebrates donation from Bernie Sanders meme sweatshirt fundraiser
While the recent Bernie meme and sweatshirt sales have sold out and all proceeds are going toward Senator Sanders’ home state of Vermont for the Meals on Wheels programs, we, at the Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A) […]
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Coalition celebrates governor’s proposal to invest in working lands
Governor Phil Scott unveiled his proposal to add $3 million to the base funding for the Vermont’s Working Lands Enterprise Initiative for Fiscal Year 2022 on Tuesday, Jan. 26, during his annual budget address. The Vermont Working Lands Coalition celebrated […]
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$1,000 stipend given to Vt. high school students who enroll in early college at CCV
Feb. 1, the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) announced that it has partnered with the Community College of Vermont (CCV) to expand pathways to promising jobs for high school seniors across the state. To help the Vermont high school class of […]
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Huge labor department printing mistake results in data breach
By Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger The Vermont Department of Labor will reissue about 180,000 of the 1099 tax forms mailed to unemployment insurance recipients Friday, Jan. 29. Some of the forms contain the wrong person’s private information, including names, addresses and […]