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• Trump to end federal insurance subsidies for 13,000 Vermonters

  14-10-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  From left: Congressman Peter Welch, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Patrick Leahy and Zoran Jolevski, the Macedonian ambassador with his wife.President Donald Trump announced late Thursday evening he will end federal financial help for sick people who need health insurance, a direct hit to 7 million Americans, including 13,000 Vermonters.
  Trump’s executive order dismantles a key piece of the Affordable Care Act. Frustrations have mounted in the White House over stalled efforts in Congress
  
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• Brian Pine: Outsider BT bidders carry risks

  14-10-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brian Pine, of Burlington, a senior consultant at Vermont Energy Investment Corp., who formerly worked for the city’s Community and Economic Development Office and served as a Burlington city councillor in the 1990s.I am thankful that our City Council set high standards for its due diligence in deciding the future of our telecommunications infrastructure. As we near a decision on a Burlington Telecom buyer, though, let’s make sure the counci
  
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• Lauren Hierl: Every day is Children’s Environmental Health Day

  14-10-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lauren Hierl, who is political director of Vermont Conservation Voters. 
  The health of our children is at stake. That may sound hyperbolic, but the evidence is clear – despite many advancements in the field of children’s environmental health, today’s children face an epidemic of illness and chronic diseases linked to environmental exposures and our changing climate.
  As a parent of young children, these issues are front of mind for
  
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• Chad Butt & Benji Thurber: Mentoring as a pathway out of poverty

  14-10-2017 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chad Butt and Benji Thurber, executive director and communications director respectively, who work for Mobius, a nonprofit that supports youth mentoring programs throughout the state of Vermont. They are both residents of Burlington.
  As Paul Heintz highlighted in his recent Seven Days article “State of Need,” Vermont’s efforts to address poverty over the past decade have been largely unsuccessful. Not only has the state not reached its
  
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• Burlington man arraigned in fatal cleaver attack

  14-10-2017 00:26 via vtdigger.org
  Aita Gurung, 34, of Burlington appears in Vermont Superior Court of Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, pleading not guiltyto first-degree murder and attempted murder. Police say Gurung hacked his wife Yogeswari Khadka, 32, to death with a cleaver and seriously injured her mother Thulsa Rimal, 54, in an attack at their home Thursday. Pool photo / Ryan Mercer, Burlington Free Press.
  BURLINGTON – A 34-year-old Burlington man was arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder a day after
  
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• AT&T promises public safety broadband, but speed questioned

  14-10-2017 00:25 via vtdigger.org
  Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Anderson, left, and Terry LaValley, chairman of the Vermont Public Safety Broadband Commission, testify at a Statehouse hearing on the planned FirstNet public safety broadband project. Photo by Dave Gram/VTDiggerTelecom giant AT&T is promising to cover 95 percent of Vermont by year five of a 25-year project called FirstNet to enhance broadband communications for first responders.
  But at a special meeting of the House Energy and Technology Committee on Friday
  
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• Senators denounce Trump Iran decision

  14-10-2017 00:10 via vtdigger.org
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday he would not certify Iran’s compliance with an Obama-era treaty.
  Trump stopped short of fully unraveling the deal, a diplomatic hallmark of Barack Obama’s presidency. It is now up to Congress to decide whether to impose sanctions on Iran again, which would fully upend the agreement.
  In a speech at the White House Friday, Trump echoed a refrain from the campaign trail, denouncing the 2015 agreement as “one of the worst
  
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• Homeless say police eviction unfair, neighbors supportive

  14-10-2017 00:01 via vtdigger.org
  An eviction notice left by Burlington police at an South End encampment. Photo by Mike Polhamus, VTDigger.BURLINGTON — It’s morning, and an official notice with a police officer’s business card affixed rests on the ground.
  “All people living or visiting this area without the permission of the owner of this property (the city of Burlington) are being given notice by the owner that you are trespassing on the property and must take your things and leave and not return or fac
  
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