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• .@VTLawSchool has announced the creation of the Center for Justice Reform to train individuals on the use of less p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-12-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  .@VTLawSchool has announced the creation of the Center for Justice Reform to train individuals on the use of less p… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tax bill advances, teeing up final votes next week

  16-12-2017 15:40 via vtdigger.org
  WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republicans reached final agreement on a major tax overhaul package Friday, paving the way for final votes on the measure next week.
  As Republicans are poised to move the tax bill to President Trump’s desk as soon as the middle of next week, Democrats — including member’s of Vermont’s delegation — maintain their staunch opposition to the proposal.
  The conference committee met just once, on Wednesday. However House and Senate lawma
  
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• Jen Kimmich: Scott’s plan for VW settlement short-sighted

  16-12-2017 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jen Kimmich, of Stowe, who co-founder and general manager of The Alchemist and a trustee of the Vermont Public Interest Group.
  The state of Vermont is expected to receive $18.7 million from the recent Volkswagen legal settlement for cheating emissions tests. Under law, this money must be spent on clean transportation projects that reduce emissions from heavy transportation. For many Vermonters, there is a shared belief that we have a unique opportunity
  
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• Sue Prent: Entergy’s ‘Catch-22’

  16-12-2017 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sue Prent, an artist/writer living in St. Albans who routinely blogs on Green Mountain Daily. She is self-employed by Pink House Studios, and works for Fairewinds Energy Education.“… There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as s
  
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• Bob Stannard: The Party of Lincoln is no more

  16-12-2017 00:55 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.
  “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.”
  – Lewis Carroll
  Nov. 8, 2016, a day we’ll never forget. It’s the day that Donald Trump won the presidential election with 3 million fewer votes than his opponent. It’s the day that all of Russian’s hard work to hack our elections paid off. It al
  
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