Vermont news

• UVM protesters vow further action; racist provocateurs being monitored

  24-02-2018 03:39 via vtdigger.org
  Students rally outside of the University of Vermont executive offices Friday afternoon. Photo by Cory Dawson
  BURLINGTON — Students pledged to escalate protests over racism at the University of Vermont on Friday after school administrators and Burlington police spent the day scrambling to restore calm and regain control over the situation.The city’s police department released the results of its investigation into the white supremacist signs posted on campus that sparked the protests,
  
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• State is redacting EB-5 records released to the court

  24-02-2018 02:23 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  The state of Vermont is asking a judge to approve the public release of 5,000 redacted documents it filed under seal Friday in its EB-5 investor fraud lawsuit against Jay Peak Resort developers.
  The request is the first of several expected following the state’s hiring of a private company last month to redact “Personally Identifiable Information” from as many as 1.5 million documents it possesses related to the case. The sta
  
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• State has redacted EB-5 records released to the court

  24-02-2018 02:23 via vtdigger.org
  Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  The state of Vermont is asking a judge to approve the public release of 5,000 redacted documents it filed under seal Friday in its EB-5 investor fraud lawsuit against Jay Peak Resort developers.
  The request is the first of several expected following the state’s hiring of a private company last month to redact “Personally Identifiable Information” from as many as 1.5 million documents it possesses related to the case. The sta
  
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• Senate panel advances ‘extreme risk’ gun legislation

  24-02-2018 01:38 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Dick Sears listens to testimony on new gun control legislation at a public hearing Tuesday. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  The words of a Poultney teenager charged in a thwarted school shooting plot resonated in the small room as a Senate panel advanced a bill Friday allowing authorities to seize a firearm from a person deemed a risk to themselves or others.
  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5 to 0 to adopt S.221, a measure that establishes a civil court process for law enforcement to
  
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• Vermont says its ‘C’ grade for election security is unfair

  24-02-2018 01:09 via vtdigger.org
  Voting booths set up for a recent election at Montpelier City Hall. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger
  Vermont election officials are disputing the “C” grade the state received by a progressive think tank for its election security measures, calling the grade unfair.The report on election policy in the 50 states, released this month by the Center for American Progress, a progressive policy research organization in Washington D.C., is critical of what it says are weaknesses in Vermont
  
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• Gary Lee Miller: America’s changing gun culture

  24-02-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Gary Lee Miller, of Montpelier, a writer and teacher who is creative director of Writer for Recovery, which provides writing workshops for people recovering from addiction.
  I shot my first gun at age 5. It was my dad’s .22 Marlin lever action rifle, and I used it to plink soda cans at our family camp in Pennsylvania. I hunted as soon as I was legally able in that state, at age 12. I asked for and received a Winchester Model 94 30-30 for my 16th bi
  
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• Bill Dunkel: Listen to ‘the living generation’

  24-02-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bill Dunkel, of Windham, who is a retired teacher, coach and high school principal.
  Efforts by students to ban the weapon which was used to slaughter 17 of their friends and teachers last week in Florida have been rebuffed by lawmakers. None of the politicians with whom they met, including the president, supported making the sale of AR-15s illegal, even though it has been the weapon of choice in five of the deadliest mass shootings in recent years, incl
  
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• Rachel Carter: Our sustainable heritage

  24-02-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rachel Carter, who served as communications director at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund for five years, and concluded her work earlier this month due to health reasons. She lives in Plainfield.
  Most Vermonters would agree we live here among the Green Mountains so we can enjoy a quality of life as individuals, families and businesses that affords us a decent standard of living, our independence and the use of our natural resources now, and for generati
  
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• Rick Detwiler: Wagging the dog

  24-02-2018 00:50 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rick Detwiler, of North Ferrisburgh, who is a retired educator, having served as a teacher and principal in Vermont for 10 years before continuing his career as a superintendent of various American international schools around the world for 25 years.
  A recent Seven Days article highlighted Vermont Secretary of Administration Susanne Young’s Jan. 18 memo to legislators on reforming education funding. She listed 18 ideas the governor proposes for co
  
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• State close to deal on Vermont Yankee sale; critics’ support uncertain

  24-02-2018 00:36 via vtdigger.org
  An aerial photo of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon.
  Closed-door settlement negotiations regarding the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee are expected to wrap up within a week.
  A memorandum of understanding involving state officials, current plant owner Entergy and prospective owner NorthStar Group Services is scheduled to be filed with the Vermont Public Utility Commission by March 2, officials said Friday.
  That document could represent a breakthrough in the protracted debate over whethe
  
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• The small Vermont town with a big Olympic tally

  24-02-2018 00:18 via vtdigger.org
  New York Times sportswriter Karen Crouse crafts a postcard picture of the Upper Valley in her new book “Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness and Excellence.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  NORWICH — New York Times sportswriter Karen Crouse was covering the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, when she received an email reporting the virtues of this small Vermont town 5,000 miles away.
  “I just wanted to make you aware …” she recalls of
  
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