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• Vermont Attorney General must release records

  29-07-2017 13:18 via vtdigger.org
  Attorney General William Sorrell. FIle photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerIn a victory for open records advocates, a Washington Superior Court judge has ruled that the Vermont Attorney General’s office cannot categorically deny public access to documents.Judge Mary Miles Teachout ordered the AG’s office to release records to the Energy and Environment Legal Institute in 30 days. The institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., sued over communications between the attorneys genera
  
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• UPDATED: 7-year-old dies in East Fairfield tractor accident

  29-07-2017 12:09 via vtdigger.org
  A father and son were trapped in a tractor after the vehicle rolled over on Friday afternoon. The 7-year-old died in the accident, which occurred on a farm in East Fairfield, according to a press release from the Vermont State Police.The tractor was pulling a manure tanker at the time of the incident and rolled on steep terrain, police said.The father, Luke Howrigan, was able to free himself but could not remove the child from the tractor cab.Grady Howrigan was pronounced dead at the scene. The
  
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• 7-year-old dies in Fairfield tractor accident

  29-07-2017 12:09 via vtdigger.org
  A man and a child passenger were trapped in a tractor after the vehicle rolled over on Friday afternoon. The 7-year-old died in the accident, which occurred on a farm in Fairfield, according to a press release from the Vermont State Police.The tractor was pulling a manure tanker at the time of the incident and rolled on steep terrain, police said.The man was able to free himself but could not remove the child from the tractor cab.The child was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was transporte
  
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• Utility Helps Wean Vermonters From the Electric Grid

  29-07-2017 12:00
  Green Mountain Power is trying to turn homes, neighborhoods and towns into virtual power plants, driven by economics as well as environmental goals.
  
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• LISTEN: Technology And Advocacy For Patients With Type-1 Diabetes bit.ly/2ha99Ie https://t.co/A0RnmRopBP

  29-07-2017 01:55 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Technology And Advocacy For Patients With Type-1 Diabetes bit.ly/2ha99Ie https://t.co/A0RnmRopBP
  
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• Walt Amses: Follicle follies

  29-07-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer and former educator who lives in Calais.
  Brushed into the background the last few months by ostensibly far more important issues, President Donald J. Trump’s presidential pompadour may deserve further scrutiny as perhaps the clearest evidence that either A) the president has never had any real friends or B) an entire life staffed by paid stooges too afraid to say anything, has condemned the boss to a life of confidently lookin
  
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• Bob Stannard: The Republican Party of Putin

  29-07-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  “…I urge you to beware the temptation of pride, the temptation blithely to declare yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire…” — Former President Ronald Reagan, 1983
  “I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislat
  
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• Lisa Ventriss: Businesses, educators and students partner in the Vermont Talent Pipeline Management project

  29-07-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lisa Ventriss, president of the Vermont Business Roundtable, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of private and nonprofit employers.
  The Roundtable and strategic partners in the Vermont Talent Pipeline Management project (VTPM) are heavily involved in the roll out of two employer collaboratives, one in construction and the other health care, aimed at increasing the availability of and access to skilled workers for the most critical roles in these vita
  
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