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• Free tuition for Guard members left out of education bill

  03-04-2018 23:56 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Phil Baruth listens to debate on the Senate floor. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  The Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that will fix issued that have been snagging the roll-out of the universal pre-kindergarten law, preventing an interstate school district with Massachusetts and making students vulnerable to college closings.Noticeably absent from the list of changes is a proposal from Gov. Phil Scott to automatically cover college tuition for members of the National Guard.
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• A new kind of school patrol: Senators hear pros and cons of armed officers in schools

  03-04-2018 23:26 via vtdigger.org
  Amy Fowler, Vermont’s deputy education secretary, said schools need to balance safety with fair discipline. File photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger
  The state deputy education secretary warned senators on Tuesday of the unintended consequences of deploying trained police officers in schools: more suspensions, expulsions and court referrals for misbehaving students.The Senate Judiciary Committee has set to work this week drafting a school safety law and at the center of the debate will be wheth
  
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• LISTEN: What's In Vermont's New Gun Control Bill? Your Questions Answered dlvr.it/QNK1Wj https://t.co/xVUFqClMn0

  03-04-2018 20:53 via twitter.com
  
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• How Vermont's Small Colleges Are Dealing With Falling Enrollment dlvr.it/QNJTVP https://t.co/8M03uaB0Wi

  03-04-2018 19:10 via twitter.com
  
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• Be on the lookout for frogs, salamanders along roads

  03-04-2018 18:56 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentApril 3, 2018
  Media Contacts:Jens Hilke, 802-879-5644; Steve Parren, 802-371-7142
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – One of the great wildlife migrations is happening right now in Vermont, and it’s taking place right at our feet.
  You may have already heard the spring peepers or wood frogs calling in your backyard. Or perhaps you’ve noticed salamanders crawling over rocks in a nearby stream. Amphibians are on the move, but their spring b
  
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• Leahy: USDA reopens enrollment for much-improved dairy safety net

  03-04-2018 18:53 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyApril 3, 2018
  Press Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  Leahy: USDA Reopens Enrollment For Much-Improved Dairy Safety Net Under Recently Enacted Leahy Reforms
  . . . Leahy-Cochran Legislation In Bipartisan Budget Act Made Significant Changes To Dairy Margin Protection Program
  (TUESDAY, April 3, 2018) — Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be reopening the enrollment next week for the much-imp
  
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• Yale, Vermont Law School students examine environmental justice in Trump era

  03-04-2018 18:47 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Law SchoolApril 2, 2018
  Contact:Maryellen Apelquist, Director of Communications, Vermont Law Schooloffice: 802-831-1228, cell: 802-299-5593, [email protected]
  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., April 2, 2018––The Environmental Justice Law Society at Vermont Law School and the Environmental Justice Clinic at Yale Law School will examine environmental justice and civil rights strategies in the Trump era during their 2018 EJ Law and Policy Convening, “Advanc
  
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• Efficiency Vermont earns 2018 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award

  03-04-2018 18:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Efficiency VermontApril 2, 2018
  Contact:Jeff BuellEfficiency [email protected]
  April 2, 2018 – Burlington, VT – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today named Efficiency Vermont as a recipient of the 2018 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR.
  Efficiency Vermont accomplishments will be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a
  
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• UVM Medical Center starts residency program to improve transition for new nurses

  03-04-2018 18:29 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — UVMApril 2, 2018
  Contact:Michael Carrese(802) 847-0368
  (BURLINGTON, VT) The University of Vermont Medical Center has begun a nurse residency program designed to ease the transition of newly graduated nurses from the classroom to clinical practice. Research indicates programs like this promote quality and safety of care, and reduce turnover rates for first-year nurses.
  The one-year experience is based on the Vizient and American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Vizient/AAC
  
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• Eddie Gale receives national youth mentoring award

  03-04-2018 18:25 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — National Mentoring PartnershipApril 2, 2018
  Contact:Benji [email protected]
  Vermont Resident Eddie Gale of the A.D. Henderson Foundation Receives National Youth Mentoring Award from MENTOR
  Washington, D.C.—MENTOR (The National Mentoring Partnership) recently honored Vermont resident Eddie Gale by presenting him with an Excellence in Mentoring Award. Gale, a resident of Johnson, was one of four 2018 award recipients, and was recognized during a special rece
  
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• Bill McKibben wins ‘2VR – Vermont Secessionist of the Year 2018’ award

  03-04-2018 18:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont IndependentSunday, April 1, 2018
  Contact:Dr. Rob [email protected] #802.279.3364
  Vermont Environmentalist and Author Honored by Vermont Independent.
  Environmentalist, 350.org founder, and author Bill McKibben has been awarded the “2VR – Vermont Secessionist of the Year 2018” award from Vermont Independent news journal. His new novel, RADIO FREE VERMONT: A FABLE OF VERMONT RESISTANCE, fictionalizes the quest for Vermont&r
  
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• Jewish Community of Greater Stowe holding annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

  03-04-2018 18:10 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — The Jewish Community of Greater StoweApril 2, 2018
  Contact:The Jewish Community of Greater StoweJCOGS.org 
  Annual Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day CommemorationSunday, April 15, 1:30 p.m.​STOWE (April 2, 2018): The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS) in conjunction with the Greater Stowe Interfaith Coalition and the Vermont Holocaust Memorial (VTHM) invites the public to participate in the annual Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration takin
  
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• Quebec delegation to discuss Western Climate Initiative

  03-04-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and WildlifeMarch 30, 2018
  Contact:Christy KetchelPhone: 802-828-2266Fax: 802-828-2244E-mail: [email protected]
  Quebec Delegation to Discuss Western Climate InitiativeWednesday, April 11, 2018, 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.State House, Montpelier
  Montpelier, Vermont. The House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife will hold a committee meeting on the Western Climate Initiative with the Quebec Delegation on Wednes
  
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• ‘The Lake Effect’ to be screened April 12 at Statehouse

  03-04-2018 18:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish & WildlifeMarch 30, 2018
  Contact:Christy KetchelPhone: 802-828-2266Fax: 802-828-2244E-mail: [email protected]
  Film: The Lake EffectThursday, April 12, 2018, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.State House, Montpelier
  Montpelier, Vermont. The House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor will hold a viewing of the film “The Lake Effect” on Thursday, April 12, 2018 f
  
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• What's In Vermont's New Gun Control Bill? Your Questions Answered dlvr.it/QNH3Bt https://t.co/sopGi3cWLT

  03-04-2018 15:07 via twitter.com
  
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• Weinberger: Burlington must provide ‘rapid access’ to opioid treatment

  03-04-2018 10:27 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — In his State of the City address, Mayor Miro Weinberger, who won re-election to his third term in office last month, outlined how he plans to lead Burlington through challenges the city faces over the next few years.Chief among those challenges? The opioid crisis, which continues to steal the lives of residents here. Weinberger devoted a large portion of his speech to the issue, which he described as a nation
  
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• Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s State of the City address

  03-04-2018 09:03 via vtdigger.org
  Good evening and welcome to Contois Auditorium for our annual celebration of democratic renewal and reflection on the well-being of Burlington, Vermont, a city of opportunity. I am very grateful to the people of this city for the chance tonight to take the oath of office for a third time. I will work very hard for the next three years to make good on the trust you have placed in me.
  Thank you to Attorney General TJ Donovan for being part of this ceremony. Burlington is proud to have one of its o
  
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• Legislature to tackle school safety

  03-04-2018 03:24 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Dick Sears listens to testimony on gun control legislation. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin work this week on a bill that tackles school safety, school discipline and laws related to threats of mass violence.Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington and chair of the committee, said he intends to take a now-irrelevant House bill on gun violence, strip its current language, and use it as a foundation for efforts to prevent school violence. Get all of VTDigg
  
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• Gun control bill inspires spike in gun, magazine sales

  03-04-2018 02:47 via vtdigger.org
  Rifles on display at Parro’s Gun Shop in Waterbury. Photo by Jim Welch/VTDiggerWATERBURY — A handful of customers were already waiting in the parking lot when Parro’s Gun Shop opened Monday morning.
  This is the way it’s been in recent weeks. The shop’s owner, Henry Parro, estimates that the number of people walking through his door has quadrupled in the last month or so.Parro and other firearms dealers across the state are reporting that gun and high-capacity magazi
  
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• Tire maker Nokian moving Colchester headquarters

  03-04-2018 02:29 via vtdigger.org
  Nokian heavy tires. Flickr Creative Commons
  The North American headquarters of Finland-based Nokian Tyres is moving out of Colchester to Tennessee, costing an unknown number of the 65 jobs at the Vermont facility, a company official has confirmed.
  Hans Dyhrman, marketing director at the company’s Vermont headquarters, said in an interview Monday that Nokian is opening its first North American manufacturing plant near Chattanooga in eastern Tennessee, and has decided to move its regional he
  
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• House passes toxic substances regulation bill

  03-04-2018 01:08 via vtdigger.org
  The discovery of PFOA in Bennington’s water prompted the passage of the toxic substances regulation bill. Diagram by Manuel Almagro Rivas
  The Vermont House has approved a bill providing for stricter regulation of toxic substances.“The bottom line is that Vermonters deserve to know what toxic substances they are exposing themselves and their families to,” said Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson in a statement on Thursday. “This bill takes a modest but important step to bet
  
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• Mollie Burke: Carrying climate action forward

  03-04-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Mollie S. Burke, a Progressive who represents Brattleboro in the Vermont House of Representatives. It was first published in the Brattleboro Reformer.
  In early March bare ground showed through patches of snow. February days were too warm, with a number of snowstorms ending with rain here in the Connecticut River Valley. More recently, nor’easters have redeemed the season to some extent. As an avid Nordic skier I welcome a bit more winter, but
  
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• ​David Schoales: Move from property tax for ed funding

  03-04-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by ​David Schoales, who is a longtime member of the Brattleboro Town School Board and ​beginning his fifth year on the Brattleboro Selectboard. The views here are his own.
  Our elected officials in Montpelier are once again looking for ways to reduce the cost of educating Vermont’s children. They are considering raising a little of that revenue from our progressive income tax. This is generally a good idea, so why not make it really simple
  
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• Olivia Campbell Andersen: Choice, transparency and forward momentum

  03-04-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Olivia Campbell Andersen, who is the executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont, a nonprofit trade association.
  Vermont has a lot of work to do to meet its commitments on total renewable energy and carbon pollution reduction. Critics of our local renewable energy revolution recently correctly pointed this out. However, they incorrectly try to pin shortcomings on inert renewable energy credits and propose false remedies that would eliminate state pol
  
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• Leah Fury: What’s in a name? History, violence and agency

  03-04-2018 00:50 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Leah Fury, of Barre, who volunteers as a member leader with Resource Generation, and works as a loan and outreach officer for the Cooperative Fund of New England. This commentary is a response to the column by Jon Margolis published by VTDigger on March 25 entitled “Much Ado About Names.” 
  While doing research on my family genealogy, I learned that my late grandfather, a child of German Jews, was born with the middle name Adolph. I knew
  
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• Help wanted: education secretary, no experience — in education — needed

  03-04-2018 00:30 via vtdigger.org
  Former Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe, whose resignation took effect Sunday. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
  Gov. Phil Scott told the State Board of Education on Monday that he would prefer someone more experienced in management than education to replace state Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe, whose abrupt resignation took effect April 1.
  In a letter delivered during a Monday morning board meeting to jump start the search for a new education secretary, Scott said “I ask when yo
  
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