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• Burr and Burton Academy gifted $20 million

  17-03-2018 17:55 via vtdigger.org
  Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester. Courtesy photo
  MANCHESTER — A $20 million donation to Burr and Burton Academy — one of the largest philanthropic gifts ever made in this state and the largest gift ever to a Vermont secondary school — will be transformative, school leaders say.
  The gift from Barry and Wendy Rowland, longtime supporters of the independent school, was announced on Thursday.
  The funds will be used to implement The Rowland Project, which officials say will inc
  
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• Cask concern halts Vermont Yankee fuel move

  17-03-2018 03:07 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Yankee spent fuel pad. Photo courtesy of Vermont Yankee
  An expensive, time-sensitive effort to move Vermont Yankee’s spent fuel into sealed casks has come to a halt as officials investigate a potential problem with those containers.
  Spokespersons for plant owner Entergy and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission characterized the delay as precautionary. They said loose bolts were discovered in Holtec International’s casks at a different nuclear site, and no problem has bee
  
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• Health programs saved in House Appropriations budget

  17-03-2018 02:52 via vtdigger.org
  House Appropriations Chair Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
  The draft budget coming out of the House Appropriations Committee prioritizes funding for services to vulnerable Vermonters, including a number of health and home care programs that faced deep cuts.After spending weeks vetting a proposal from Gov. Phil Scott’s administration, the committee gave unanimous preliminary approval to a budget that would continue funding many programs the governor recommended
  
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• Sanders to Host Inequality Town Hall Monday Night

  17-03-2018 02:30 via vtdigger.org
  WASHINGTON, March 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will host a nationally televised town hall focused on inequality in the United States on Monday in partnership with The Guardian, NowThis, The Young Turks and Act.tv.
  Sanders, along with filmmaker Michael Moore, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, economist Darrick Hamilton and other experts, will discuss poverty in America, the 40-year decline of the middle class, the growing power of corporate interests and how we can build an economy that works for
  
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• New Haven Man Charged With Distribution Of Child Pornography And Assault On A Federal Officer

  17-03-2018 02:25 via vtdigger.org
  U.S. Department of JusticeUnited States AttorneyDistrict of VermontUnited States Courthouse and Federal BuildingPost Office Box 570 (802) 951-6725Burlington, Vermont, 05401-0570 Fax: (802) 951-6540PRESS RELEASEBURLINGTON, VERMONTMarch 16, 2018
  New Haven Man Charged With Distribution Of Child Pornography And Assault On A Federal Officer
  The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Colin Germain,20, of New Haven, Vermont has been indicted on charges for distribu
  
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• Firm’s financial woes could cost some Vermonters cell, 911 service

  17-03-2018 02:06 via vtdigger.org
  A house in rural Vermont. Photo by Becky/Creative Commons
  A company that has expanded cell phone service — and the ability to call 911 from a mobile phone — to at least 26 rural Vermont communities in recent years is on the brink of dissolving and likely will discontinue that service, state officials say.
  A lawmaker expressed particular concern about people being unable to make emergency calls in those areas, and said she would take testimony on the situation next week.The expected f
  
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• CoverageCo financial woes could cost some Vermonters cell, 911 service

  17-03-2018 02:06 via vtdigger.org
  A house in rural Vermont. Photo by Becky/Creative Commons
  A company that has expanded cell phone service — and the ability to call 911 from a mobile phone — to at least 26 rural Vermont communities in recent years is on the brink of dissolving and likely will discontinue that service, state officials say.
  A lawmaker expressed particular concern about people being unable to make emergency calls in those areas, and said she would take testimony on the situation next week.The expected f
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s schedule for the week of March 17

  17-03-2018 02:01 via vtdigger.org
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 3/17/18 – 3/23/18
  Saturday, March 17
  Happy St. Patrick’s Day
  8:45 – 9:30 AM
  Career and College Pathways
  St. Michael’s College Tarrant Center, 135 Campus Road, Colchester, VT
  6:00 PM
  Vermont National Guard vs. Vermont Police Force Hockey Game
  Essex High School, 2 Education Drive, Essex Junction, VT
  Sunday, March 18
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, March 19
  No public events scheduled
  Tuesday, March 20
  11:00 – 11:30 AM
  Mee
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s schedule for March 17-23, 2018

  17-03-2018 02:01 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottMarch 16, 2018
  Contact:Ethan T. LatourAsst. Director of Policy and CommunicationsGovernor Phil [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 3/17/18 – 3/23/18
  Saturday, March 17
  Happy St. Patrick’s Day
  8:45 – 9:30 AM
  Career and College Pathways
  St. Michael’s College Tarrant Center, 135 Campus Road, Colchester, VT
  6:00 PM
  Vermont National Guard vs. Vermont Police Force Hockey Game
  Essex High School, 2 Educati
  
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• Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public schedule for the week of March 19

  17-03-2018 01:55 via vtdigger.org
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  March 16, 2018Contact:Katie Vane 802.734.0617
  Mayor Miro Weinberger’s public appearance schedule for March 19 – 23, 2018:
  Monday, March 199:00 am 4th Annual City Market Co-op Patronage Seedling Grants Celebration – South End City Market Community Room, 207 Flynn Avenue
  Tuesday, March 20No public appearances scheduled
  Wednesday, March 218:00 amMornings with Miro – The Bagel Café, 1127 North Avenue
  Thursday, March 225:45 pm 31st Annual Children&
  
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• Lawmaker withdraws assault weapons ban, 10-day waiting period

  17-03-2018 00:25 via vtdigger.org
  Gun rights supporters testify earlier this week against the amendment proposed by Rep. Martin LaLonde, D-South Burlington, far left. File photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger
  The South Burlington lawmaker who just days ago proposed a dramatic amendment to gun legislation being debated in the House, on Friday backed away from two keys provisions of the measure.Rep. Martin LaLonde, a Democrat, said he would withdraw from his amendment a proposed ban on assault-style firearms and the establishment of a
  
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• Sandra Steingard: The gun laws-suicide relation

  17-03-2018 00:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sandra Steingard, M.D., who is chief medical officer of Howard Center and has worked in Vermont’s community mental health system for over 25 years.
  As the Vermont Legislature considers gun legislation in the coming weeks, it would be worthwhile for its members to consider a recently published paper in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine titled, “State Firearm Laws and Interstate Firearm Deaths From Homicide and Suicide in the United States: A
  
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• Leslie Walz: A fair wage for fair work

  17-03-2018 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Leslie Walz, of Barre, who is a retired Vermont nurse.
  In my career as a school nurse, public health nurse and consulting nurse to the Head Start program, I had daily contact with some of the 60,000 people living below the federal poverty level in Vermont. I’ve seen how much energy it takes struggling parents to provide the most basic of care for their families and how they are docked pay when their children are sick. In the past two decades more
  
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