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• Unitarian Church of Montpelier honored for being welcoming and inclusive

  22-04-2018 23:58 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Center for Independent LivingApril 18, 2018
  Contact:Sarah LaundervilleVermont Center for Independent Living802-224-1817
  Montpelier – The Vermont Center for Independent Living recognized a Montpelier institution on April 17. The Unitarian Church of Montpelier received an Ally of Accessibility Award for its efforts to become increasingly accessible to people with disabilities.
  VCIL Executive Director Sarah Launderville said, “We are pleased to be honoring t
  
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• Nonprofits ask lawmakers to rethink charitable tax credit proposal

  22-04-2018 23:52 via vtdigger.org
  Janet Ancel, chair of House Ways and Means. File photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger
  Nonprofit leaders say a provision in the House income tax reform plan could discourage Vermonters from making large charitable donations.Under H.911, the tax bill passed by the House last month, Vermonters would no longer be able to deduct charitable contributions.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Margolis: The art of the deal, Vermont version

  22-04-2018 23:34 via vtdigger.org
  Soon it will be quiet again. File photo by Roger CrowleyEditor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
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• Dartmouth dissolving University Press of New England

  22-04-2018 23:08 via vtdigger.org
  University Press of New England has been based at Dartmouth College. File photo by Geoff Hansen/Valley News
  Editor’s note: This story, by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, first appeared in the Valley News on Apr. 19.LEBANON — Dartmouth College is dissolving the University Press of New England, a decision that will eliminate 20 jobs in the consortium’s Lebanon offices.
  Once a rare bright spot against a national backdrop of flagging academic publishing, UPNE has succumbed to a dwindling li
  
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• State regulator sets deadline for CoverageCo recovery plan

  22-04-2018 22:57 via vtdigger.org
  CoverageCo microcells provide cellular service to 26 rural towns in Vermont. Courtesy photo
  Vanu CoverageCo, the financially-troubled provider of cell phone service to 26 rural Vermont towns, has until Monday to show state regulators that it has as plan for staying in business.June Tierney, commissioner of the Public Service Department, sent a blistering email last week to Richard Biby, the former CoverageCo executive and telecommunications engineer who was rehired by the company’s investo
  
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• House transforms and passes net neutrality bill

  22-04-2018 21:00 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Laura Sibilia, I-Dover, serves on the House committee that rewrote the net neutrality bill. File photo by Michael Dougherty/VTDigger
  Vermont’s attorney general would be instructed to determine whether internet service providers in the state follow net neutrality standards, under an amended bill passed by the House.
  That version of legislation passed by the Senate, S.289, also would require the Attorney General’s Office to make that information available to consumers by posting i
  
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• Our Bodies, Ourselves — online

  22-04-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editions of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” over the years.
  Editor’s note: This story is by freelancer Susan Green, a longtime Vermont journalist.
  It’s Shelved, proclaimed The New York Times.
  A Bible Discontinued, announced The Weekly Standard.
  Recent headlines about “Our Bodies, Ourselves” — which the conservative magazine also demeaned as “the primal scream of identity politics” — are somewhat misleading. Many people likely assumed they were
  
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• Construction set to begin on Colchester surgery center

  22-04-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  Amy Cooper is project manager for the Green Mountain Surgery Center. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  After years of planning and permitting, construction is set to begin on Vermont’s second independent surgical center.
  Crews may begin building the Green Mountain Surgery Center in Colchester before the end of this month, said project manager Amy Cooper. Opening is projected for this time next year, if all goes well.Get all of VTDigger's health care news.You'll never miss our health ca
  
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• Brian Shupe: In veto of toxics bill, Scott put the interests of industry before children

  22-04-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brian Shupe, who is executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council.
  Last week Governor Scott surprised the Legislature and public health and environmental advocates by vetoing S.103, a bill that would do two simple and important things: Ensure Vermonters have safe drinking water by requiring that new wells be tested for certain toxic contaminants; and protect children by fixing a program that addresses chemicals of high concern in children&
  
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• Reel: Let’s stop fighting over crumbs. Raising the minimum wage benefits everyone.

  22-04-2018 19:30 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jeffrey Reel, a writer/lecturer living in Lyndon Center, and general manager of Natural Provisions, in St. Johnsbury. He was previously sustainability manager at the Omega Center for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY.
  Raise Vermont’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024. It will have long-term benefits for Vermont’s economy.It will also send a strong signal to individuals and families considering moving here that Vermont takes care of its ow
  
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• Jeffrey Reel: Let’s stop fighting over crumbs. Raising the minimum wage benefits everyone.

  22-04-2018 19:30 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jeffrey Reel, a writer/lecturer living in Lyndon Center, and general manager of Natural Provisions, in St. Johnsbury. He was previously sustainability manager at the Omega Center for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York.
  Raise Vermont’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024. It will have long-term benefits for Vermont’s economy. It will also send a strong signal to individuals and families considering moving here that Vermont takes care of
  
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• Vermont officials of color reach record numbers

  22-04-2018 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  Shanta Lee Gander is the first person of color to serve on the Brattleboro Select Board. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  BRATTLEBORO — On one hand, Shanta Lee Gander was just another local Select Board member facing a 3½-hour meeting agenda. On the other, she was making history.
  Brattleboro is an increasingly multicultural town in the nation’s second-whitest state, with about 15 percent of its high schoolers — double the figure of Vermont’s total population
  
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• Then Again: From farm to factory, young Vermont women were pioneers of paid labor

  22-04-2018 18:00 via vtdigger.org
  During the mid-1800s, mill workers, like this one from an etching by Winslow Homer, worked a 73-hour week in Lowell, Mass.
  Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”With 14 words, Mary Paul made her bid to join a revolution.RELATED STORIESThen Again: Powerful newsman of the Civil War era had start in VermontThen Again: The perpetual problem of taxesThen Again: Verm
  
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• Jessie Leyse: The importance of infant immunizations in protecting children

  22-04-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jessie Leyse, M.D., a practicing physician at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin and an infectious disease specialist. She worked in a children’s emergency department in Liberia during her residency, and two years later took a leave of absence to assist with the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
  Thanks to vaccines, most parents have never seen the devastating effects of diseases like polio, measles or whooping cough.
  It’s easy to think t
  
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• Karl Meyer: An ill wind blows for a great river

  22-04-2018 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Karl Meyer, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, a writer and journalist who writes regularly about issues affecting the Connecticut River ecosystem. He has been a member of the Fish and Aquatics Study Team in the current FERC relicensing process for the Northfield Mountain and Turners Falls projects since 2012.In April, Massachusetts will take a big step toward meeting its energy responsibilities in the era of climate change. A company will be selected for th
  
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