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• Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The New CBO Score For The House-Passed Trumpcare Bill To Repeal and Replace The Affordable Care Act

  24-05-2017 23:57 via vtdigger.org
  
  Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy To The New CBO Score For The House-Passed Trumpcare Bill To Repeal and Replace The Affordable Care Act
  Wednesday, May 24, 2017
  Trumpcare fails every test and should not be foisted on the American people.It would take away insurance coverage from 23 million people.It would make it more difficult for families and individuals needing maternity, opioid addiction treatment and mental health care to afford the medical help they need, piling on ‘thousands of doll
  
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• ACLU: Vt. DMV breaking the law with facial recognition

  24-05-2017 23:52
  
  Why the ACLU claims all Vermonters are potential suspects in a virtual lineup. 
  
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• New video shows wild police chase through Wolcott, Hardwick

  24-05-2017 23:51
  
  We're getting a better look at a wild car chase through Wolcott and Hardwick thanks to social media and police cameras.
  
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• Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study says

  24-05-2017 23:45
  
  A medicine made from marijuana cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more research into pot's possible health benefits.
  
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• Vermont senator, business exec appointed to health board

  24-05-2017 23:40
  
  A Vermont state senator and an executive with the Burlington-based business Seventh Generation, Inc., have been appointed to the board that regulates health care in the state.
  
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• Car seat recall

  24-05-2017 22:36
  
  There's a warning if someone in your family uses a car seat. 
  
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• Milk truck tips over in Cabot

  24-05-2017 22:19
  
  A milk truck tipped over off Route 215 in Cabot early Wednesday.
  
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• Vermont Department of Health: The Ticks Are Out. Here’s How to Be Tick Smart

  24-05-2017 21:40 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Vermont Department of HealthMay 24, 2017
  Contact:802-863-7281
  BURLINGTON – Tick season has arrived, but the Health Department says Vermonters can enjoy being outside in our beautiful state by knowing how to avoid ticks and their bite.
  Visitors to the healthvermont.gov/BeTickSmart website will find information and resources about how to avoid ticks and what to do if you find one. The department has also updated its crowd-sourced Tick Tracker, where people can share info
  
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• Judge tosses portions of suit claiming race bias, illegal search

  24-05-2017 20:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette, at the microphone, had been a defendant. But allegations of discrimination and improper search brought against him and his department were dismissed. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerRUTLAND — A federal judge has dismissed some aspects of a civil rights lawsuit filed by an African-American man arrested after a traffic stop in Bennington in 2013, while allowing other allegations to move forward.
  Shamel Alexander alleges discrimination on the basi
  
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• United Way of Northwest Vermont Celebrates Campaign Success

  24-05-2017 20:20 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — UnitedWayMay 24, 2016
  CONTACT:Molly Lambert802-861-7852
  [email protected]
  South Burlington – A crowd of over 300 gathered at Dion Family Student Center at St. Michael’s College to celebrate the success of United Way’s annual Community Campaign. At the event, Campaign Co-Chair Brigette White announced that the organization raised nearly $4 million to support local programs, strategic initiatives and volunteer recruitment efforts in Franklin, Grand Isle
  
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• Call for Artists: Storm Drain Mural Project Coming to Essex Junction

  24-05-2017 20:12 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Winooski Natural Resources Conservation DistrictMay 24th, 2017
  Contact:Holly Kreiner(802) 288-8155 Ext 104
  [email protected] Junction – Calling all artists; professional and aspiring! The Chittenden County Stream Team (CCST) will accept storm drain mural concepts from now until Friday, June 30th, for a stormwater awareness campaign that will take place in the heart of Essex Junction on Wednesday, July 12th. CCST also hopes to recruit volunteers to assist with
  
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• McClure Foundation Awards Over $380,000 to Support Postsecondary Access and Attainment for Vermonters

  24-05-2017 20:06 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — The Vermont Community FoundationMay 24, 2017
  Contact:Margaret Morris802-388-3355 ext. 285
  [email protected]
  The J. Warren & Lois McClure Foundation, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation, has announced $381,395 in grants for the 2017-18 school year to programs promoting career and college education for Vermonters with a focus on low-income students, first-generation college students, adult learners, and veterans. The McClure Foundation is guid
  
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• Sen. Leahy’s Statement On President Trump’s Plan To End Funding For Family Planning

  24-05-2017 20:02 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — U.S. Sen. Patrick LeahyMay 24, 2017
  Contact:David Carle202-224-3693
  Mr. President, there are far too many illogical, arbitrary, and harmful cuts in spending, and wholly unbalanced priorities, in the President’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget to list at one time.I will have plenty more to say about that in the weeks and months ahead.But I do want to take a moment to highlight one, as it illustrates the foolhardy way this Administration has sought to appease right-wing
  
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• Susan A. Reeves EdD, RN, Named Chief Nursing Executive at Dartmouth-Hitchcock

  24-05-2017 19:56 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Dartmouth-HitchcockMay 24, 2017
  Contact:Rick Adams(603) [email protected]
  LEBANON, New Hampsire – Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, dean of Colby-Sawyer College’s School of Nursing and Public Health, has been named Chief Nursing Executive for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-H), effective June 19.
  In her new role, Reeves will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for nursing across the D-H system and for creating alignment for nursing pract
  
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• Shelburne Museum Unveils a New Café Concept Powered by the Skinny Pancake

  24-05-2017 19:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Shelburne MuseumMay 24, 2017
  Contact:Geeda SearfoorceMarketing and Communications Manager802-985-0881 (direct line)
  [email protected]
  Shelburne – In early June, Shelburne Museum’s Café will open as The Local Food Court curated by The Skinny Pancake. This fresh dining concept unites the Museum’s commitment to excellent visitor experience with The Skinny Pancake’s commitment to share Vermont’s bounty of locally grown and sourc
  
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• Celebration of Girl Power set to take place on June 3, 2017

  24-05-2017 19:40 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Girls on the Run VermontMay 23, 2017
  Contact:
  [email protected](802) 246-1476
  Brattleboro, VT— May 23, 2017 —Girls on the Run Vermont (GOTRVT) announces its Northern Vermont 5k run/walk taking place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 3rd at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. This celebratory event, presented by People’s United Bank, is the culmination of GOTRVT’s 10-week after school empowerment program for local girls in grade
  
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• Governor announces members of opioid council

  24-05-2017 19:38 via vtdigger.org
  
  Representatives from law enforcement, public health experts, local leaders and others will study the opioid crisis and put together recommendations for the governor.
  Gov. Phil Scott announced the 21 members of the Opioid Coordination Council on Tuesday. He created the group by executive order shortly after taking office early this year. He often spoke of its formation on the campaign trail.
  Secretary of Human Services Al Gobeille, Public Safety Commissioner Tom Anderson and former state Sen. Jim
  
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• Deb Markowitz Earns EPA Lifetime Achievement Award

  24-05-2017 19:35 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — University of VermontMay 23, 2017
  Contact:Jeff Wakefield,[email protected]
  Deb Markowitz, visiting professor at the University of Vermont in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, has received a 2017 EPA New England Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors the region’s most committed environmental leaders who have made lasting improvements to New England’s environment during their careers or lifetimes.
  Markowitz, secre
  
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• No criminal charges for protesters at Middlebury College

  24-05-2017 19:25 via vtdigger.org
  
  Protesters at Middlebury College disrupt the March appearance of Charles Murray, the author of the controversial book “The Bell Curve.” File photo by Emily Greenberg/VTDiggerThe Middlebury Police Department says it lacks sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against protesters who injured a Middlebury College professor and damaged a car after a talk by controversial author Charles Murray.
  Protesters shouted Murray down and continued to disrupt his March visit after his lectur
  
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• UPDATED: Scott vetoes pot legalization, but says he’s open to compromise

  24-05-2017 18:51 via vtdigger.org
  
  Gov. Phil Scott announces that he will not sign S.22, a bill that would legalize marijuana in Vermont. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  (This story was updated and expanded May 24 at 3:15 p.m.)
  Gov. Phil Scott became the first governor in the country to veto a bill that would legalize marijuana.
  Scott announced Wednesday he will send the bill, S.22, back to the Legislature because the measure does not meet his requirements on a few key points.
  However, the governor said he is “offering a p
  
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• NH female inmates learning to master braille in prison

  24-05-2017 18:39
  
  More than a dozen female inmates in New Hampshire are learning how to transcribe textbooks and other materials into braille as part of a jobs training program.
  
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• 4 bears roaming neighborhood near Dartmouth to be euthanized

  24-05-2017 18:26
  New Hampshire's bear biologist says a mother bear and three yearlings roaming neighborhoods for food near Dartmouth College have to be caught and euthanized. Two of the bears recently got inside a home.
  
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• Sovernet rebrands itself as FirstLight

  24-05-2017 18:21 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sovernet Communications will now be called FirstLight.
  The change is the latest step in Sovernet’s sale to a regional fiber network owner that also owns FirstLight Fiber.
  FirstLight has already brought two other companies into the brand. The consolidation gives FirstLight 9,600 route-miles of fiber-optic cable across several states, according to a news release.
  Kurt Van Wagenen, the president and chief executive officer of FirstLight, said in a statement: “This development will allow
  
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• Gov. Scott to veto legal pot bill

  24-05-2017 18:18
  
  It's a no on legalized marijuana in Vermont. 
  
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• Tune in into @vermontedition around 12:45 to hear @PeteHirschfeld on the Governor's decision and what happens next. twitter.com/PeteHirschfeld…

  24-05-2017 18:09 via twitter.com
  Tune in into @vermontedition around 12:45 to hear @PeteHirschfeld on the Governor's decision and what happens next. twitter.com/PeteHirschfeld…
  
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• Richard Sedano Named to Lead Regulatory Assistance Project

  24-05-2017 17:53 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Regulatory Assistance ProjectMay 24, 2017
  Contact:Theresa [email protected]
  Montpelier, VT. – Richard Sedano, principal and director of U.S. programs, will take the reins as president and chief executive officer of the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) effective immediately, the organization announced Tuesday morning.As president, Mr. Sedano will lead the organization’s work in the four largest power markets in the world—China, the European
  
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• National Experts to Speak at Suicide Prevention Symposium in June

  24-05-2017 17:40 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release —May 23, 2017
  CONTACT:Nicole Miller(802) [email protected]
  On Monday, June 5, the VT Suicide Prevention Symposium will be held at the Killington Grand Resort in Killington, VT.Throughout the one-day event, NATIONAL EXPERTS will provide keynotes to attendees on effective strategies for suicide prevention, including those involving healthcare systems, Zero Suicide implementation regionally and nationally, risk factors for suicide and a prevention framework, an
  
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• Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Celebrates Award

  24-05-2017 17:34 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Brattleboro Memorial HospitalMay 24, 2017
  News Release:Maeve Shaughnessy(802) 257-8314(802) 257-3134
  [email protected]
  Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) physicians, leaders, and clinicians will gather on May 31, 2017 from 3-6pm for an open house to celebrate the Center of Distinction Award, which was given to the BMH Center for Wound Healing by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services.
  The BMH center achieved outstanding clinical ou
  
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• Vermont’s Annual Lake Seminar to be held June 2, 2017

  24-05-2017 17:22 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Department of Environmental ConservationMay 24, 2017
  Contact:Angela Shambaugh, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation802-490-6130
  [email protected]
  Montpelier, VT – Citizens interested in healthy waters and landscape-based solutions to water quality are encouraged to attend the 13th Annual Vermont Lake Seminar on Friday June 2, 2017. This year’s event will be held at the Canadian Club in Barre, and will feature workshops and presenters speaki
  
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• Saint Michael’s Playhouse Celebrates 70 Years of Live Professional Theater in Vermont

  24-05-2017 17:11 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Saint Michael’s PlayhouseMay 23, 2017
  Contact:Chuck Tobin802.654.2617
  Colchester – Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Chuck Tobin today announced the June 20 opening of Saint Michael’s Playhouse for the company’s 70th season of live professional theater with a line-up of shows that include area premieres and a Pulitzer-prize winning American comedy classic, all part of what Yankee Magazine hails as “The Best of New England.”2017 SEASON
  
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• On today's show we're talking about ZZZZs – and so we want to hear your Qs. Let us know your sleep questions, and y… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  24-05-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  On today's show we're talking about ZZZZs – and so we want to hear your Qs. Let us know your sleep questions, and y… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Scott appoints Mullin to chair Green Mountain Care Board

  24-05-2017 16:33 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  This story will be updated.
  Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, is stepping down from his position to become the top health care regulator in the state.
  Mullin, 58, of Rutland Town, will be the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, which regulates health insurance prices and hospital budgets, among other things.
  The chair position has been vacant since January, when Al Gobeille left to become the secretary of the Agency of Human Serv
  
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• NH House eyes lottery game for kindergarten funds

  24-05-2017 16:23
  
  Legislators in New Hampshire are eying a new option to fund full-day kindergarten for the state - a lottery game called Keno which the state Senate has frequently opposed in the past.
  
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• Vt. firefighter academy seeks approval for new 'burn house'

  24-05-2017 16:21
  
  The Vermont Fire Academy is building a new $800,000 three-story "burn house" this summer in preparation for future classes of new firefighters.
  
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• Hardwick looks for volunteers to break dishwashing world record

  24-05-2017 16:18
  They’re looking for 400 people to come out and wash a dish!
  
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• At noon, we're talking about sleep – and what can happen if you don't get enough of it. Have some sleep questions? bit.ly/2qdkNSH

  24-05-2017 16:05 via twitter.com
  At noon, we're talking about sleep– and what can happen if you don't get enough of it. Have some sleep questions? bit.ly/2qdkNSH
  
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• University of Vermont Medical Center Awards Grants to Health and Social Service Programs

  24-05-2017 15:45 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — University of Vermont Medical CenterMay 24, 2017
  Contact:Michael Carresedesk: (802) 847-0368cell: (802) 324-8166
  [email protected]
  Highlights
  § Support for substance abuse and mental health programs a key focus§ Part of more than $100 million in community benefits provided each year§ Continues 30-year tradition of partnering with other non-profits to improve community health
  Burlington – The University of Vermont Medical Center is investing $
  
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• Hunger Free Vermont: Trump’s Proposed Massive Cuts to SNAP Would Increase Hunger

  24-05-2017 15:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  News Release — Hunger Free VermontMay 23, 2017
  Contact:Alida Duncan802.865.0255 x109
  [email protected]
  President Trump’s budget released today includes over $192 billion in cuts to SNAP (known as 3SquaresVT in Vermont), harming children, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and adults struggling with low wages, temporary joblessness and involuntary part-time work. This is the largest proposed cut in a generation and would completely shred the program. SNAP is not the o
  
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• Should you track your kids on social media?

  24-05-2017 12:56
  
  It's not easy keeping up with what your kids are doing on social media. Channel 3 is digging deeper into issues impacting your kids safety online.  Are parents using them and do they work? Channel 3's Alex Hirsch went looking for answers. 
  
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• Doggedly persistent, not always popular. Please support VTDigger’s investigative reporting.

  24-05-2017 11:43 via vtdigger.org
  
  Until we broke stories about allegations of loan fraud at Burlington College in 2014, the public didn’t know.
  Reporter Morgan True has revealed in a series of recent stories how the former president of the college, Jane Sanders, overstated donor pledges to borrow millions of dollars for the purchase of a property in Burlington. A year ago the college closed under financial duress.
  Jane, the wife of Bernie Sanders, the popular junior senator from Vermont and former presidential candidate, i
  
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• Vermont’s D.I.Y. Approach on Marijuana

  24-05-2017 10:21
  State lawmakers want to let people over 21 grow a few plants at home. Gov. Phil Scott should sign the bill.
  
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• New York man sentenced for role in pill distribution ring

  24-05-2017 03:35 via vtdigger.org
  
  A New York man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to traffic and distribute oxycodone in Vermont.
  Michael Foreste, also known as “Beast,” was sentenced to 110 months Monday at federal court in Burlington, according to a release from the office of the U.S. attorney for the District of Vermont.
  After a two-week trial in October, a jury convicted Foreste on 10 charges that related to allegations he trafficked oxycodone to Vermont over the co
  
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• Trump takes aim at rural areas and poor with budget plan

  24-05-2017 03:28 via vtdigger.org
  
  President Donald Trump addresses Congress.
  (VTDigger’s Erin Mansfield contributed to this report.)
  WASHINGTON — Republican President Donald Trump on Tuesday released his detailed budget proposal for next year, an austere vision for America that would deeply cut funding for programs in poor, rural areas while providing tax breaks for the wealthy and boosting the military.
  In short, the plan for fiscal year 2018 — titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness” &mdas
  
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• LISTEN: The Invasive Species Are Coming, But At Least You Can Track Them bit.ly/2rxLxRM https://t.co/guPImy5Df3

  24-05-2017 02:30 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: The Invasive Species Are Coming, But At Least You Can Track Them bit.ly/2rxLxRM https://t.co/guPImy5Df3
  
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• Margolis: Democracy needs a little secrecy

  24-05-2017 02:20 via vtdigger.org
  
  (Jon Margolis writes political columns for VTDigger.)
  As if with one firm voice, the journalistic and good-government communities of New England have proclaimed their unease over a recent Vermont Superior Court decision and the dire consequences that would ensue if that decision is not overturned on appeal.
  Tempting though it would be to contradict the combined journalistic and good-government communities (what is more boring than respectability?), the facts require concluding that they are righ
  
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• Understanding the Fifth Amendment

  24-05-2017 02:19
  
  Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is pleading the Fifth-- but what does that really mean? 
  
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• Former U.S. attorney joins UVM Health Network legal team

  24-05-2017 01:59 via vtdigger.org
  
  Then-U.S. Attorney Eric Miller speaks at a news conference. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger
  The University of Vermont Health Network on Tuesday announced that Eric Miller, the former U.S. attorney for the state of Vermont, is serving on its legal team.
  Miller, 47, resigned as the U.S. attorney in February, shortly after President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general for challenging Trump’s immigration policies.
  Between 1999 and 2015, Miller was a lawyer for the Burlington firm
  
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• LISTEN: Debating The Impact of TIF Districts bit.ly/2qetn3t https://t.co/TpeRZswvEh

  24-05-2017 01:56 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Debating The Impact of TIF Districts bit.ly/2qetn3t https://t.co/TpeRZswvEh
  
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• UVM board approves historically low tuition increases

  24-05-2017 01:44 via vtdigger.org
  
  The green at the University of Vermont. Photo by Daisy Benson/FlickrBURLINGTON — The University of Vermont board of trustees approved the lowest tuition increase in 40 years at its meeting Saturday, according to school officials.
  Tuition will increase 2.7 percent for in-state students and 2.5 percent for out-of-state students in the 2017-2018 academic year — the smallest percentage increase since 1977, according to a weekend news release.
  In-state tuition will rise to $15,504 next ye
  
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• No break for Jay Peak on tax penalty; court battle looms

  24-05-2017 01:30 via vtdigger.org
  
  Michael Goldberg at a Statehouse news conference in April. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerA town board has rejected a bid by the man running Jay Peak Resort to have a $164,159 property tax penalty waived.
  The action by Jay’s Board of Abatement may set off a court battle between the town and the court-appointed receiver overseeing the resort and related properties. Jay Peak Inc. owns several properties in town, including The Hotel Jay, a waterpark, condos and a golf course.
  Michael Gol
  
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