Vermont news

• Senators seek update to Reagan-era digital privacy law

  30-07-2017 23:38 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Photo courtesy of U.S. SenateWASHINGTON — Vermont’s senior senator is backing an effort to update and strengthen the federal law that governs law enforcement access to personal digital information.
  Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced a bill in the Senate last week to modernize the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
  Leahy was part of the Reagan administration-era effort to write and pass the initial law, which continues t
  
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• Cats and chaos: How a town clerk allegedly stole $1M plus from Coventry

  30-07-2017 21:59 via vtdigger.org
  Scott Morley, Coventry Selectboard member. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerScott Morley climbed a set of fire escape steps to the second story of the Coventry Community Center, slid through a window and dropped to the floor.
  The scene was worse than he expected. Cat feces caked the carpeting. Cat hair hung in clumps on bookshelves and swivel chairs. Ammonia burned Morley’s eyes as two feral cats burst across the hall and raced into another room.
  Morley was a little more than a year into his
  
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• Vermont Yankee’s would-be buyer changes hands

  30-07-2017 21:22 via vtdigger.org
  The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon. File photo courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory CommissionThe company that wants to decommission Vermont Yankee has new ownership.
  J.F. Lehman & Co., a New York private equity firm, last month acquired a majority interest in the parent company of NorthStar Group Services, which is seeking permission to buy and clean up the idled Vernon nuclear plant.
  The deal also is being classified as a “recapitalization” that reportedly pumped mo
  
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• Margolis: A state of satisfaction, with one big exception

  30-07-2017 20:46 via vtdigger.org
  Hikers enjoy the view from Camels Hump on the Long Trail. File photo by Sheri Larsen, courtesy of the Green Mountain Club(Jon Margolis writes political columns for VTDigger.)
  You know who really likes Vermont?
  Vermonters.
  According to a Gallup Poll, 61 percent of the people who live in Vermont say it’s “the best or one of the best possible states to live in,” while only 3 percent call it “the worst state to live in.”
  That 61 percent ties Vermont with Oregon and Minn
  
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• Smith: Trump failing the test of leadership

  30-07-2017 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions signs his oath of office with President Trump, Vice President Pence, and his wife Mary. U.S. Department of Justice photo(Mike Smith is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He hosts the radio program “Open Mike with Mike Smith” on WDEV 550 AM and 96.1, 96.5, 98.3 and 101.9 FM and is a political analyst for WCAX-TV and WVMT radio. He was the secretary of administration and secretary of human services under former Gov. Jim Douglas.)
  Here’s some advice f
  
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• Then Again: From Enosburg Falls to Red Sox fame

  30-07-2017 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  During his early 30s, Larry Gardner was a more productive player by some measurements than David Ortiz was during the same period of his career. Library of Congress photo(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
  The Red Sox’s recent winning ways have helped fans forget the painful decades, which threatened to stretch into a century, when they watched their team fail year after year to win a World Series. When, after a drought of 86 years, the team fi
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for the week of July 31

  30-07-2017 14:30 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  July 28, 2017Contact:Katie Vane802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for July 31 – August 4, 2017:
  Monday, July 315:00 pmSpecial City Council Work Session re: BT – Contois Auditorium (expected Executive Session)
  Tuesday, August 1No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, August 28:00 am Mornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue
  Thursday, August 3No public appearances scheduled
  Friday, August 45:30 pmFesti
  
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• Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule for the week of July 29

  30-07-2017 14:12 via vtdigger.org
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 7/29/17 – 8/4/17
  Saturday, July 29
  11:00 – 11:30 AMBarre Heritage Festival – Vermont Plug-In Electric Vehicle Showcase & Ride and DriveBarre Elks Club, 10 Jefferson Street, Barre, VT
  12:00 – 12:30 PMMoose Permit DrawingBarre Fish and Game Club, Gun Club Road, Barre, VT
  1:00 – 2:00 PMBarre Parade
  Sunday, July 30
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, July 31
  10:00 – 10:45 AMRoute 7 Segment 6 GroundbreakingCentral Par
  
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• Welcome to VTDigger’s new website

  30-07-2017 13:58 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Readers,
  VTDigger launched a new website for desktop and mobile platforms on Wednesday.The new design replicates an old-fashioned newspaper layout and is similar to the online front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post.
  Instead of simply presenting the news by chronology based on when a story was published, we are now able to show you which stories we believe are most important over the course of our 24/7 news cycle.The top news story comes with the big picture in the center,
  
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