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• Scott now says education secretary needs education experience

  08-04-2018 23:38 via vtdigger.org
  Krista Huling is chair of the State Board of Education. Photo by Bob LoCicero
  Gov. Phil Scott said that Vermont’s next education secretary should have experience as an educator after all. He initially said in a letter that he wanted someone with “experience managing complex issues (not necessarily education).”
  The notion that the education secretary might not have an education background drew criticism from some members of the State Board of Education, which recommends candidat
  
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• Then Again: The perpetual problem of taxes

  08-04-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  A document from 1790 notifies Brattleboro residents of the tax rate set by the Vermont Legislature.
  If only death and taxes are inevitable, this is the time of year when many people give death serious consideration.
  It’s not just the financial burden of taxes that drives people to despair; it is the language. The federal tax booklets are riddled with everyday terms like “Form RRB-1099,” “Coverdell ESA Distribution,” or “Archer MSA Deduction.” What? Unsur
  
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• Two entities inquire about Vermont prison contract

  08-04-2018 19:40 via vtdigger.org
  An inmate walks through the grounds of the state prison at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Conditions at the out-of-state facility were scrutinized later in the year, when multiple inmates who were housed there died from health issues. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDiggerTwo potential bidders have inquired about housing prisoners from the Green Mountain State.Top Vermont Department of Corrections officials say they have solicited new out-of-state prison contractors because they are disappointed with th
  
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• Margolis: Scott likely to win big in November

  08-04-2018 19:07 via vtdigger.org
  Phil Scott talks to the media after winning the 2016 gubernatorial race. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
  Editor’s note: Jon Margolis is VTDigger’s political columnist.
  OK, enough for a while of all this chit-chat over minimum wages, family leave, getting the goop out of the lake, and guns (especially, mercifully, guns). Let’s turn to one of the eternal verities: politics.
  Not that they aren’t all connected. The wages, the lake goop, the guns (especially, heaven help
  
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• Conservation District offers information on Japanese knotweed

  08-04-2018 15:00 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Winooski Natural Resources Conservation DistrictMarch 23, 2018
  Contact:Corrina Parnapy, District ManagerWinooski Natural Resources Conservation [email protected]
  Invasive Japanese Knotweed 101
  Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica), which closely resembles giant knotweed and the hybrid Bohemidan knotweed, looks very similar to bamboo, although it is not related. Knotweed can be found along many roadways, stream corridors and along fields within the Winooski Wat
  
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• Norman Rockwell’s Vermont-inspired “Four Freedoms” set for world tour

  08-04-2018 14:29 via vtdigger.org
  A man with a cellphone eyes the Vermonter with a town meeting report depicted in Norman Rockwell’s 1943 painting “Freedom of Speech.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The tour guide at the Norman Rockwell Museum is pointing to the iconic painting of an everyman standing up and speaking out at town meeting.
  “Freedom of Speech,” she says. RELATED STORIESRockwell models share memoriesRockwell mural finds home at Vermont Agency of Agricu
  
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