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• Supporters dominate meeting on sale of Vermont Yankee

  13-04-2018 22:38 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont Public Utility Commission members Sarah Hofmann (left) and Margaret Cheney listen Thursday during a public hearing in Brattleboro on the proposed sale of Vermont Yankee. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  BRATTLEBORO — With two members of the state Public Utility Commission looking on, a parade of supporters made their case for the sale of Vermont Yankee at a meeting Thursday night.
  Those testifying at the commission’s final public hearing on the proposed sale to NorthStar Group Se
  
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• Capstone Community Action announces $91,000 raised for Fuel Your Neighbors

  13-04-2018 22:34 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Capstone Community ActionApril 12, 2018
  Contact:Yvonne LoryCapstone Community [email protected]
  Barre – The Fuel Your Neighbors campaign provided $91,000 in 2018 for central Vermonters in need of food and heating assistance. Capstone Community Action partnered with VSECU, the National Life Group, The Point FM radio and many community members and businesses to surpass last year’s campaign total of $67,000. The funds raised were able to &l
  
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• How Are You Reacting To Vermont's New Gun Laws? dlvr.it/QPSDMR https://t.co/fWVluROGLt

  13-04-2018 22:04 via twitter.com
  
  How Are You Reacting To Vermont's New Gun Laws? dlvr.it/QPSDMR https://t.co/fWVluROGLt
  
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• Rice high faculty member denies voyeurism charge

  13-04-2018 21:37 via vtdigger.org
  Rice Memorial High School in South Burlington. Photo by Jim Welch/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — Rice Memorial High School teacher Brian Lynam has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of voyeurism in connection with an incident in which he allegedly was seen taking a photograph up the skirt of a student.
  At a hearing Thursday in Vermont Superior Court, police said Lynam kept electronic devices and journals that provided evidence consistent with the charge the 31-year-old Burlington resident i
  
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• LISTEN: GOP Legislative Leaders On Education Funding, Water Quality And Other Issues dlvr.it/QPRcK0 https://t.co/7RoCvx1cah

  13-04-2018 19:44 via twitter.com
  
  LISTEN: GOP Legislative Leaders On Education Funding, Water Quality And Other Issues dlvr.it/QPRcK0 https://t.co/7RoCvx1cah
  
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• Sanders statement on Trump’s authority to go to war in Syria

  13-04-2018 17:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Bernie SandersApril 11, 2018
  Contact:Josh Miller-LewisOffice of Sen. Bernie [email protected]
  Washington, D.C. – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after President Donald Trump tweeted that he plans to strike the Assad regime in Syria:
  “President Trump has no legal authority for broadening the war in Syria. It is Congress, not the president, who determines whether our country goes to war and Congres
  
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• YWP: ‘A house with no windows’

  13-04-2018 17:25 via vtdigger.org
   Young Writers Project, an independent nonprofit based in Burlington, engages young people to write and use digital media to express themselves with clarity and power, and to gain confidence and skills for school, the workplace and life.Check out the most recent issue of The Voice, Young Writers Project’s monthly digital magazine. Click here.Each week, VTDigger features a writing submission – an essay, poem, fiction or nonfiction – accompanied by a photo or illustration fr
  
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• University of Vermont Medical Center recognized for quality bariatric surgery

  13-04-2018 17:18 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — University of Vermont Medical CenterApril 12, 2018
  Contact:Annie Mackin802-847-2886
  Burlington – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont has recognized University of Vermont Medical Center (UVM Medical Center) with a Blue Distinction® Center designation in the area of bariatric surgery (bariatric, metabolic and weight loss surgery) as part of the national Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are healthcare facilities shown to deliver qual
  
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• SCOV Law Blog: Reviewing a judge’s suspension

  13-04-2018 17:15 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska.In re Kane, 2017 VT 48
  One thing the Vermont Supreme Court is called upon to do is to review Judicial Conduct Board opinions and decisions. That’s what they do here.RELATED STORIESSCOV Law Blog: Arbitration initiationSCOV Law Blog: State seeks to collect income tax from unfiled returnsSCOV Law Blog: Probation conditions challengedSCOV Law Blog: Denial of continuation of unemployment benefits appealedSCOV Law Blog
  
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• Update: Judge grants first extreme risk protection order in Sawyer case

  13-04-2018 16:19 via vtdigger.org
  Jack Sawyer is greeted by defense attorney Kelly Green as he appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Feb. 27. (Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The Burlington Free Press)
  A judge has granted a prosecutor’s request seeking the first extreme risk protection order under a new law that became effective Wednesday in the case of Jack Sawyer, who police allege was planning a mass shooting at Fair Haven high school.
  The temporary order allows law enforcement to seize any weapons the 18-year-old
  
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• Breaking: Prosecutor seeking extreme risk protection order in Sawyer case

  13-04-2018 16:19 via vtdigger.org
  Jack Sawyer is greeted by defense attorney Kelly Green as he appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Feb. 27. (Pool photo by Glenn Russell/The Burlington Free Press)
  A prosecutor is seeking the first extreme risk protection order under a new law that became effective Wednesday in the case of Jack Sawyer, who police allege was planning a mass shooting at Fair Haven high school.
  Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy is asking a judge in Rutland Superior family court to grant t
  
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• New Hampshire magazine recognizes 110 Dartmouth-Hitchcock and member physicians as “Top Docs”

  13-04-2018 15:15 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Dartmouth-HitchcockApril 12, 2018
  Contact:Mike [email protected]
  Lebanon, NH – One hundred and five Dartmouth-Hitchcock physicians representing 44 specialties were named among the best doctors in New Hampshire, according to New Hampshire Magazine’s annual “Top Doc” survey.
  Additionally, five physicians from two D-H member hospitals—Alice Peck Day and Cheshire Medical Center—were named in 44 categories.
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• Before Your Time: The land of gin and whiskey

  13-04-2018 13:37 via vtdigger.org
  Before Your Time is a podcast about Vermont history. Every episode, we go inside the stacks at the Vermont Historical Society to look at an object from their permanent collection that tells us something unique about our state. Then, we take a closer look at the people, the events, and the ideas that surround each artifact.Visitors who come to Vermont seeking artisanal alcohol may not realize that it used to be one of the driest states in the nation: Prohibition lasted longer
  
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• Lawmakers urge Scott to sign chemical regulation bill

  13-04-2018 04:49 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  BENNINGTON — Members of the Bennington County delegation are urging Gov. Phil Scott to sign S.103, a bill that originated after PFOA contamination was discovered in groundwater here around two former ChemFab Corp. plants.
  The legislation, proposed by Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, passed the Senate and House late last month and was officially sent to the governor’s office on Tuesday. Scott has five days to either s
  
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• ‘Make Vermont Great Again’ message exposes rift in Republican party

  13-04-2018 04:33 via vtdigger.org
  The graphic at the top an email sent out to Vermont Republicans this week.
  Trying to fit supporters of Gov. Phil Scott and President Donald Trump in the same tent is proving treacherous for Vermont’s Republican Party.The governor is enjoying a 65 percent approval rating, according to the latest Morning Consult poll, while one of the most recent indicators of support for Trump — a 2017 Gallup poll — puts his approval rating in the state at 26 percent, the lowest in the nation.Ge
  
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• Panel: Troopers should leave line of duty for longer after shooting cases

  13-04-2018 04:17 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham holds a news conference following an armed standoff at Montpelier High School in January. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
  A Vermont State Police review of how it handles troopers after critical incidents, including fatal shootings, calls for them to have more time away from front line duty.
  The recommendation is included in a report issued Thursday that comes on the heels of three fatal shootings involving state police troopers in a six month span
  
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• Resolution calls for Scott to consider restricting violent games

  13-04-2018 03:57 via vtdigger.org
  Playing video games. Photo by Rebecca Pollard/Creative Commons
  The House passed a resolution Thursday requesting that the executive branch examine whether video game and mass media violence are linked to shootings.It also asked the administration to consider submitting a legislative proposal that would restrict the sale of violent video games to those under a certain age. Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Governor supports Vermont Yankee sale; feds ask for more information

  13-04-2018 03:26 via vtdigger.org
  Google Earth image of the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon, Vt.
  BRATTLEBORO – Gov. Phil Scott has thrown his support behind the proposed sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
  A few hours before the Vermont Public Utility Commission held its final public hearing on the sale Thursday night, Scott issued a statement praising a recent memorandum of understanding that involved several state agencies; current plant owner Entergy; prospective owner NorthStar Group Services; and other enti
  
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• Hearing offers a new look at Lake Carmi crisis

  13-04-2018 02:37 via vtdigger.org
  Lake Carmi is not just about the cows. File photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  Lake Carmi has been described more than once this legislative session as the poster child for Vermont’s water pollution problem. The House went so far in March as to approve a bill declaring Carmi “a lake in crisis” — overburdened by phosphorus, most of the blame laid on farms and farmers.
  On Thursday the farmers of the Lake Carmi watershed had a chance to have their say. They appeared before a mix o
  
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• Patrick Leahy: Vermont sets an example for Congress

  13-04-2018 02:36 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This is Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy’s address on the floor of the Senate on Thursday.
  Yesterday, Vermont set an example for the Congress. A Democratically controlled Legislature and a Republican governor, in a rural state with a strong gun-owning tradition and few gun laws, worked together to debate, forge and enact meaningful, commonsense gun safety laws.
  Yesterday Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, signed into law three bills that expand background checks, raise the age t
  
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• John Rodgers: Wilson’s claims ‘unfair and unfounded’

  13-04-2018 02:33 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by state Sen. John S. Rodgers, a Democrat representing the Essex/Orleans District in Vermont.
  Laura Wilson missed the mark in her recent editorial. Wilson said that I was “bitterly casting blame (as he sees it) on newcomers to Vermont.” I would like to know what qualifies her to know how I see things. Some of the best Vermonters that I know and some of my best friends grew up in and came from other states. I welcome people from anywhere as long
  
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• Deb Markowitz: Where you stand depends upon where you sit

  13-04-2018 02:30 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Deb Markowitz, of Montpelier, who is a visiting professor at the UVM Rubinstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and a former Vermont secretary of state and secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources.
  One of the best parts of serving in public office is getting to hear from Vermonters from every part of the state, and all walks of life. Not only was it interesting to hear about their aspirations and struggles, but it was important for me, a
  
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• Matt Birong: Bill would smooth path for small businesses

  13-04-2018 02:28 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Matt Birong, the chef/owner of 3 Squares Cafe in Vergennes who is a board member of Main Street Alliance of Vermont. 
  Tax Day — and often the week that leads up to it — can be a point of stress and uncertainty for many as they scramble to pull together document after document, chasing down one person for one filling and another person for another.
  As a small business owner in Vermont, I do what I do because I care about the product I pr
  
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