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• House passes $5.84 billion budget proposal

  24-03-2018 12:18 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Jay Hooper, D-Brookfield, listens to debate in the House. Photo by James M. Patterson/Valley NewsThe House passed a $5.84 billion budget proposal Friday which lawmakers say addresses the needs of the most vulnerable Vermonters and makes long-term investments without raising taxes or fees.Facing little debate, the budget bill, H.924, passed overwhelmingly in a vote 122-10.While representatives put four amendments on the table, none of them passed with the exception of a proposal by Rep. Kitt
  
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• Scott invites community to statewide maple sugaring celebration this weekend

  24-03-2018 03:28 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottFriday, March 23, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca [email protected]
  Montpelier, Vt. – Maple Open House Weekend is Vermont’s most anticipated spring event, bringing an estimated 30,000 visitors to tour the sugar houses and meet the sugar makers responsible for leading the nation in maple syrup production (nearly 1.8 million gallons averaged over the past 3 seasons).
  On March 24 and 25, Vermonters can celebrate the current season&rsqu
  
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• Landmark gun law moves ahead in marathon House session

  24-03-2018 03:19 via vtdigger.org
  The Vermont House on the first day of the session Wednesday. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  A bill that makes sweeping changes to the state’s gun laws, including expanding federal background checks to the private sale of firearms, has gained preliminary approval in the House after a debate that started in the morning and stretched into the evening.
  The gun restrictions contained in the legislation had little chance of making it to the House floor at the start of the legislative session in
  
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• Mosquito spraying raises health concerns in Rutland County lakes district

  24-03-2018 00:07 via vtdigger.org
  Mosquitoes are known to plague parts of Rutland County. Now pesticides being used to control them are causing concern. Photo by Arthur Chapman.Residents’ worries over pesticide use by a mosquito-control district in Rutland County have Vermont Law School clinicians asking the state to hold off on issuing a permit allowing application of chemicals that kill adult mosquitoes.Some residents who live within the Brandon-Leicester-Salisbury-Goshen-Pittsford (BLSG) Insect Control District say the
  
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• David Deen: All in for clean water

  24-03-2018 00:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. David Deen, a Democratic state representative from Westminster and the chair of the House Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Committee. He is an honorary trustee and former river steward of the Connecticut River Conservancy, formerly the Connecticut River Watershed Council.
  Act 64, the Vermont Clean Water Act of 2015, is based on the tenet of “all in.” Nice catchy phrase, but what does it mean to you and everybody else?
  Our all-in man
  
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• Mark Heinrichs: Bernie Sanders has ‘evolved’

  24-03-2018 00:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Mark Heinrichs, of Barton, who is pastor of Sutton Freewill Baptist Church (organized in 1837) in Sutton.
  I remember seeing Bernie Sanders campaigning in Burlington in the 1980s in his first successful run for mayor. An avowed Democratic Socialist who stood out from the crowd of candidates, Bernie worked and campaigned hard to connect with Vermonters. Yes, even then he had messy hair.
  Burlington was a friendly place for him to start his career and he co
  
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