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• Higby to run for mayor of Barre

  07-01-2018 23:26 via vtdigger.org
  Sue Higby, the longtime executive director at Studio Place Arts, will announce her candidacy for the upcoming mayoral race in Barre on Monday.
  Higby is challenging Lucas Herring, a fellow City Council member. Herring has been endorsed by the current mayor of Barre, Thomas Lauzon, who is retiring from office.
  In a written statement, Higby said she is committed to improving the local economy and bringing a culture of transparency to city government.
  Sue Higby, executive director of Studio Place Ar
  
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• Margolis: Will Democrats go along with Scott’s big spending?

  07-01-2018 23:15 via vtdigger.org
  House Speaker Mitzi Johnson listens to Gov. Phil Scott’s State of the State address Thursday. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger(Jon Margolis writes political columns for VTDigger.)
  House Speaker Mitzi Johnson, Senate President Tim Ashe and their Democratic followers want to make life better in Vermont by spending government money.
  So does Republican Gov. Phil Scott.
  They don’t agree on where the money should be spent or on how much. Scott insists that no more be spent than can be raised
  
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• UPDATED: Grand jury takes sworn testimony in Burlington College case

  07-01-2018 18:35 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington College’s former North Avenue campus. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a quote from Jeff Weaver, a spokesman for the Sanders family.
  The federal probe into a 2010 land deal orchestrated by former Burlington College president Jane Sanders, wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has deepened. VTDigger has confirmed that a grand jury has compelled sworn witness testimony in the case.The Vermont U.S. Attorney’s offic
  
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• Grand jury empaneled in Burlington College case

  07-01-2018 18:35 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington College’s former North Avenue campus. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerThe federal probe into a 2010 land deal orchestrated by former Burlington College president Jane Sanders, wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has deepened. VTDigger has confirmed that a grand jury has been empaneled and has taken sworn testimony in the case.Former Burlington College board member Robin Lloyd says she testified for about an hour on Oct. 26 before a grand jury at the federal courthouse
  
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• Vermont hospitals face IV fluid shortage

  07-01-2018 18:10 via vtdigger.org
  Bags of IV fluid are stored at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. The bags’ manufacturer, Baxter, was affected by hurricane damage last fall in Puerto Rico, causing a nationwide shortage of IV fluid. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro ReformerMore than three months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Vermont hospitals are still feeling the effects.
  That’s because the storm and the delays in recovery have severely hampered a key manufacturer of intravenous fluid bags, creati
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for the week of Jan. 8

  07-01-2018 17:57 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  January 5, 2018Contact:Katie Vane 802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for January 8 – 12, 2018:
  Monday, January 85:30 pm Board of Finance Meeting – Conference Room 127:00 pm City Council Meeting – Contois Auditorium
  Tuesday, January 9No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, January 108:00 amMornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Ave
  Thursday, January 117:30 amBurlington Business Association Annual B
  
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• Then Again: Vermont brothers’ fateful choice in the Grand Canyon

  07-01-2018 17:21 via vtdigger.org
  Brothers Seneca, left, and Oramel Howland were popular members of John Wesley Powell’s 1869 expedition through the Grand Canyon. Photos courtesy of Vermont Historical Society(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
  John Wesley Powell and his men completed their seemingly impossible adventure on Aug. 30, 1869. They emerged from running the raging Colorado River down the length of the Grand Canyon. Many people had viewed the expedition, which ran thro
  
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• Sanders Slams Trump’s Border Wall Demand, Says We Must Protect Dreamers and Working Families

  07-01-2018 17:19 via vtdigger.org
  Sanders Slams Trump’s Border Wall Demand, Says We Must Protect Dreamers and Working Families
  BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) questioned Sunday why President Donald Trump wants to shut down the government over an $18 billion border wall that the American people do not want and called on Congress to immediately fix the crisis the president precipitated when he ended protections for Dreamers in September.
  “The wall is going to happen or we’re not g
  
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• 🔊 Listen Now: A Look Back At The First Week Of The 2018 Legislative Session n.pr/2CY2p7j #VT #vtpoli #vtleg

  07-01-2018 15:59 via twitter.com
  🔊 Listen Now: A Look Back At The First Week Of The 2018 Legislative Session n.pr/2CY2p7j #VT #vtpoli #vtleg
  
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• Feds issue rare five-star rating to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

  07-01-2018 15:50 via vtdigger.org
  Southwestern Vermont Medical Center staff. File photo by Edward Damon/Bennington Banner.Editor’s note: This story by Ed Damon first appeared in the Bennington Banner on Friday, Jan. 5.
  BENNINGTON — With a five-star rating from the federal government under its belt, the local hospital is now in the top tier of hospitals across the country.
  Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has earned a five-star rating for Overall Hospital Quality in 2017 from the federal agency that runs the Medica
  
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• Condos: ‘Not surprised bogus’ Election Integrity Commission has been shut down

  07-01-2018 15:50 via vtdigger.org
  January 4, 2018
  For immediate release
  Contact: Eric Covey, 802-828-2148
  Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos Responds to President Dissolving Election Integrity Commission
  Montpelier, VT – Yesterday President Trump announced that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity was dissolved by executive order.
  Secretary Condos, who has been critical of the Commission from the outset, responded “I am not surprised that this troubled and bogus Commission has been shut down.
  
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• Vermont GOP: Scott focused on pocketbook issues and protecting Vermonters

  07-01-2018 15:45 via vtdigger.org
  For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 4, 2018
  Contact: Deb BilladoChair, Vermont Republican Party(802) 223-3411 | [email protected]
  Vermont Republican Chair’s Statement on Governor Scott’s 2018 State of the State Address“Governor Scott remains focused on pocketbook issues and protecting Vermonters.”
  Berlin, VT – After Governor Phil Scott’s 2018 State of the State address, Deb Billado, chair of the Vermont Republican Party, issued the following statement:
  “From 2010 t
  
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