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• Margolis: November already? The Ehlers factor

  23-01-2018 22:54 via vtdigger.org
  James Ehlers listens to Democratic legislators respond to Gov. Scott’s budget address. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  Editor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
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• Our Revolution backs Carina Driscoll in Burlington mayoral race

  23-01-2018 22:25 via vtdigger.org
  Carina Driscoll, an independent, won the endorsement of the group Our Revolution for Burlington mayor. Photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerA political organization launched by Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Carina Driscoll in the Burlington mayor’s race.
  Our Revolution, a political organization launched from Sanders’ 2016 presidential bid, announced Friday that it was endorsing Driscoll in her bid for the mayor’s office.Driscoll is Sanders’s stepdaughter.Get all of VTDigger's poli
  
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• Auditing Gov. Scott's 2018 Budget Address dlvr.it/QCSdYJ https://t.co/l8SmXxoEbc

  23-01-2018 22:11 via twitter.com
  
  Auditing Gov. Scott's 2018 Budget Address dlvr.it/QCSdYJ https://t.co/l8SmXxoEbc
  
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• Scott delivers tight budget with small bore initiatives

  23-01-2018 21:58 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerThere are no “bells and whistles” in Gov. Phil Scott’s 2019 budget. As expected, there are no new taxes and no new fees.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• LISTEN: Sen. Patrick Leahy On Why He Voted 'No' On the Shutdown Deal dlvr.it/QCSPFz https://t.co/rmAoS8lcHL

  23-01-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: Sen. Patrick Leahy On Why He Voted 'No' On the Shutdown Deal dlvr.it/QCSPFz https://t.co/rmAoS8lcHL
  
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• Text of Gov. Phil Scott’s budget address

  23-01-2018 20:06 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  (Gov. Phil Scott gave his budget address at the Statehouse today. Here is the prepared text of that speech provided by the administration.)
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• Sen. Patrick Leahy On Why He Voted 'No' On the Shutdown Deal dlvr.it/QCQB3C https://t.co/bMbtd3IHPg

  23-01-2018 16:01 via twitter.com
  
  Sen. Patrick Leahy On Why He Voted 'No' On the Shutdown Deal dlvr.it/QCQB3C https://t.co/bMbtd3IHPg
  
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• Employment, Drug Testing And Vermont's Pot Laws dlvr.it/QCPxtH https://t.co/gdbyOfQyl4

  23-01-2018 15:24 via twitter.com
  
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• Burlington officials float new tax for affordable housing

  23-01-2018 11:36 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington City Hall. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — City officials are proposing a new tax that would be used to expand affordable housing stock.Monday night the Burlington City Council passed the advisory ballot question, which asks if the city should “adopt progressive local option revenue” to support the Housing Trust Fund, a city fund that gives money to affordable housing nonprofits. Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story wit
  
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• Scott chides ‘polarizing’ politics in Washington

  23-01-2018 10:53 via vtdigger.org
  SOUTH BURLINGTON — Gov. Phil Scott tackled Twitter etiquette yesterday with his very own version of the Golden Rule for the social media age.“Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted,” Scott said in a not-so-veiled reference to the Republican president’s Twitter habit.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Margolis: The bike tribe vs. the car people

  23-01-2018 03:22 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Carolyn Branagan, R-Georgia. Courtesy photo
  Editor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
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• Margolis: The bike tribe v. the car people

  23-01-2018 03:22 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Carolyn Branagan, R-Georgia. Courtesy photoEditor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.Among the joys of political discourse is that useful lessons may be found even in situations which are … well, let’s just say less than useful.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• State hires firm to redact Jay Peak docs

  23-01-2018 02:55 via vtdigger.org
  Mike Pieciak, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerThe state has hired a company at a cost of up to $450,000 to remove “Personally Identifiable Information” from documents before making them public in its EB-5 investor fraud lawsuit against Jay Peak Resort developers.
  The state Department of Financial Regulation announced Monday the hiring of the Chicago-based firm, Percipient, LLC.
  The announcement comes nearly a year after Gov. Phi
  
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• Sandra Levine: Building on success to contain sprawl

  23-01-2018 02:09 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sandra Levine, who is a senior attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation in Montpelier.At a time when political malaise, overwork and ever-expanding reliance on electronics threatens positive community life, celebrating and building on successes becomes more important than ever. The recent protection of land at Exit 4 in Randolph is just such a local success.
  Two years ago, a massive, sprawling big box commercial development was proposed to overtake
  
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• Ben Hewitt: End Vermont’s draconian vehicle inspection system

  23-01-2018 02:06 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ben Hewitt, a freelance writer, educator and community-scale farmer living in Stannard.
  Recently I had the misfortune of striking a large rock in my car; the impact bent the front passenger side rim to the point of needing replacement. No problem, I thought: I’ll find a cheap, used rim at a junkyard, have the tire remounted, and be on my way.
  Alas, my mechanic informed me that because my car is equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system, I&rs
  
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• Barrie Dunsmore: The necessity of a free press

  23-01-2018 02:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary by retired ABC News diplomatic correspondent Barrie Dunsmore first appeared in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald Sunday edition. All his columns can be found on his website.
  The past two weeks — even by the standards of Trumpism — have been notable in the extreme. From “Fire and Fury,” the Michael Wolff tell-all book on the inner workings of the Trump White House, to the president’s vulgar, racist outburst in th
  
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• State rolls out plan to reclassify region’s rivers

  23-01-2018 01:55 via vtdigger.org
  Ottaquechee River. Valley News photo(This story by Matt Hongoltz-Hetling was published in the Valley News on Jan. 19.)WEST WINDSOR — State officials are asking residents around Windsor County to weigh in on a plan that would reclassify many waters within the Black and Ottauquechee river basins, and determine funding for watershed projects over the next five years.
  “I would love to hear from people on what their priorities are, and what their concerns are for clean water in the region
  
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• Vermont Yankee fuel plan gets environmental OK

  23-01-2018 01:02 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Yankee spent fuel pad. Photo courtesy of Vermont YankeeVERNON — A plan to speed up the storage of Vermont Yankee’s radioactive spent fuel poses “no significant environmental impacts,” federal regulators have ruled.
  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sees no environmental risk in allowing Entergy to load “hotter fuel” into sealed casks faster than previously had been permitted and in a different configuration designed to limit radiation exposure.
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• Vermont athletes picked for U.S. Olympic team

  23-01-2018 00:22 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Kelly Clark has been selected to the U.S. Olympic Team for her fifth Winter Games.Photo: Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski & SnowboardKelly Clark used to be the only American snowboarder to compete at four Olympics. That record was broken Monday when Clark was selected to represent the United States in the sport for the fifth time.
  Clark, a 34-year-old who grew up in West Dover and who won gold in 2002 and bronze in 2010 and 2014 — will travel to Pyeongchang, South Korea, with a d
  
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