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• Smith: Democrats fail to connect with economic message

  06-08-2017 23:20 via vtdigger.org
  House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, stands with Democratic lawmakers calling for a $15 minimum wage last spring. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger(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.)
  During the
  
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• Vermont Youth Conservation Corps: A first-job trailblazer

  06-08-2017 22:20 via vtdigger.org
  Students working for the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps include, seated from left, Gavin Waite, crew leaders Samantha Travis and Jerad Fisher, and, standing from left, Damian and Ashley Dierkes. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — Most teenagers looking for first jobs are limited to baby-sitting or stocking shelves.
  “There are a couple of stores that maybe will take you,” 16-year-old Gavin Waite said, “but you can’t work at a gas station because yo
  
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• Then Again: Lake Champlain long a magnet for anglers

  06-08-2017 22:13 via vtdigger.org
  Sport fishing on Lake Champlain has been popular since the mid-1800s. One of the most popular areas has been the Split Rock Channel in the southern part of the lake, seen here in an 1875 painting by John Lee Fitch. Photo by Mark Bushnell(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
  As human activities in Vermont go, you can’t find one much older than fishing. Archaeologists believe that people started fishing here soon after they arrived some 13,000 year
  
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• Personal income, sales taxes underperformed in 2017

  06-08-2017 22:07 via vtdigger.org
  The state of Vermont saw less revenue than expected from personal income taxes in fiscal year 2017 and more than expected from corporate income taxes.
  Personal income tax revenue underperformed by $13.9 million, or was 1.8 percent below projections, according to information from the Agency of Administration.
  Sales and use tax underperformed by $3.5 million, or $1.4 percent, relative to projections made in January, according to the agency.
  “They’re down against revenue forecast,&rdquo
  
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• Court security workers say whistleblowing caused firing

  06-08-2017 21:23 via vtdigger.org
  The U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont in Burlington. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerDuane Dingler has had a tough time finding work in the two years since he lost his job working security at the federal building in Burlington.
  “Once your name is associated with whistleblower, it’s very problematic,” Dingler said.
  In a lawsuit filed in federal court last month — in the same building where they worked for a collective 36 years — Dingler and his f
  
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• Walking Meetings And Donut Bans: Promoting Wellness In The Workplace bit.ly/2hAtV3J https://t.co/HqNA2S9Uyw

  06-08-2017 21:09 via twitter.com
  
  Walking Meetings And Donut Bans: Promoting Wellness In The Workplace bit.ly/2hAtV3J https://t.co/HqNA2S9Uyw
  
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• Judge quashes whistleblower deposition in EB-5 investor case against state

  06-08-2017 18:35 via vtdigger.org
  A judge has ruled that, for now, defrauded EB-5 investors in a class action lawsuit against the state cannot take the deposition of a key whistleblower in the case.Lamoille County Superior Court Judge Thomas Carlson quashed the plaintiffs’ request for the deposition of Douglas Hulme, citing state rules prohibiting discovery until the defense has an opportunity to respond.The plaintiffs allege that the state was complicit in allowing 800 investors to be systematically defrauded by Bill Sten
  
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