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• Hundreds pay tribute to former Gov. Philip Hoff

  12-05-2018 21:48 via vtdigger.org
  The presider reads the commendation prayer over the body of Gov. Philip Hoff Saturday at Burlington’s Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VT Digger
  BURLINGTON — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., forever will remember the late former Gov. Philip Hoff — the first modern-day Democrat elected to the state post by popular vote — as “a visionary, a trailblazer, a reformer and a transformative influence in both Vermont and on the national stage.&rdq
  
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• Statehouse end-game: Live updates on the Saturday session

  12-05-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Statehouse on Saturday, May 12. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  The House and Senate are convening for Saturday to try to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, and VTDigger editors and reporters will be bringing you hour-by-hour coverage throughout the afternoon, evening, and if needed well into the night. 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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• (9:03 p.m.) Statehouse end-game: Stop-gap funding rejected; Dems and GOP lack deal, but still hoping to adjourn tonight

  12-05-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Statehouse on Saturday, May 12. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  The House and Senate are convening Saturday to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, and VTDigger editors and reporters will be bringing you hour-by-hour coverage throughout the afternoon, evening, and if needed well into the night.[Editor’s note: The post at 5:45 on stop-gap funding was corrected.]Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Dail
  
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• (7:48 p.m.) Statehouse end-game: Evening action underway; Dems and GOP lack deal; Senate rejects O’Neill

  12-05-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Statehouse on Saturday, May 12. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  The House and Senate are convening Saturday to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, and VTDigger editors and reporters will be bringing you hour-by-hour coverage throughout the afternoon, evening, and if needed well into the night.[Editor’s note: The post at 5:45 on stop-gap funding was corrected.]Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Dail
  
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• (4:45 p.m.) Statehouse end-game: House Dems and GOP $34M apart on property taxes; Seatbelt law; Individual mandate; Lottery probe

  12-05-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Statehouse on Saturday, May 12. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  The House and Senate are convening Saturday to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, and VTDigger editors and reporters will be bringing you hour-by-hour coverage throughout the afternoon, evening, and if needed well into the night.
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• (2:54 p.m.) Statehouse end-game: Turner plays hardball on rule suspension; Primary seatbelt law tossed; Individual mandate on tap

  12-05-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Statehouse on Saturday, May 12. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  The House and Senate are convening Saturday to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, and VTDigger editors and reporters will be bringing you hour-by-hour coverage throughout the afternoon, evening, and if needed well into the night.3 p.m., Saturday, May 12 (Mike Faher)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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• (12:20 a.m.) Statehouse end-game: Good night; Session ends with no deal; Scott says ‘we’ll see each other soon’

  12-05-2018 18:06 via vtdigger.org
  Vermont’s Statehouse on Saturday, May 12. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDigger
  The House and Senate are convening Saturday to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, and VTDigger editors and reporters will be bringing you hour-by-hour coverage throughout the afternoon, evening, and if needed well into the night.[Editor’s note: The post at 5:45 on stop-gap funding was corrected.]Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Dail
  
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• Dave Gram on supporting VTDigger

  12-05-2018 15:00 via vtdigger.org
  Dave Gram worked at the Vermont bureau of the Associated Press for 30 years, so he knows how important it is to have trustworthy local news. Today, Dave is working part time for VTDigger and hosting “The Dave Gram Show” on WDEV Radio, one of our media partners. Dave recently spoke on his show about the importance of good local news and specifically how vital VTDigger is in the Vermont news system.
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• Funding pulled from clean water funding bill

  12-05-2018 04:15 via vtdigger.org
  Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains in New York as seen from the waterfront in Burlington. Photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger
  The debate over long-term funding to clean up the state’s lakes has raged throughout the legislative session. It finished relatively quietly on Friday with a bill rushed through the Senate after its central component was stripped out.The bill, S. 260, was the only one before lawmakers this year that would have addressed the pressing question of where the st
  
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• Elayne Clift: A tribute to mentors and second moms

  12-05-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Elayne Clift writes, and savors her extended family, from Saxtons River.
  When I was growing up my mother was chronically ill and my father, a severe asthmatic with a heart condition, went bankrupt. It was a lonely and frightening time during which I was a loner at school and a caretaker at home. But I was blessed to have a teacher who understood, and a neighbor — a second mom really — whose home became my refuge. I think it’s fair to say they both saved my life.
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• Walt Amses: The coming word shortage

  12-05-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: Walt Amses is a writer and former educator who lives in Calais.
  Anyone with even the slightest inclination toward journalistic activities — writing for instance — should be worried about the plight of the field in general, but more specifically the very real possibility that the pantheon of scribblers will completely run out of words to describe Donald J. Trump’s behavior well before he leaves office. Until the president’s election almost a year and a
  
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• Richard Burgoyne: Be tick smart while enjoying the outdoors

  12-05-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Burgoyne, M.D., who practices family and emergency medicine at Central Vermont Medical Center Family Medicine-Waterbury and CVMC ExpressCare. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Physicians and is the medical director for CVMC’s ExpressCare clinics in Berlin and Waterbury Center.
  Almost half the deer ticks in our region carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, so it’s important to be careful before and after vent
  
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• Lawmakers pushing to end session on Saturday

  12-05-2018 00:40 via vtdigger.org
  House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate leader Tim Ashe respond to Gov. Scott’s budget address. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerHouse and Senate leaders are angling to end the legislative session this week.That will require them to hammer out bicameral agreements on the budget and tax bills, as well as about a dozen other bills referred to conference committees, in time to vote on them in both houses by Saturday night. Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll never miss a political story
  
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• Plea deal allows ex-Rutland firefighter to avoid jail term

  12-05-2018 00:12 via vtdigger.org
  A screen shot from the police video of Brent M. Garrow being pulled over on Route 7 in Clarendon. It was at that point when he said he worked for the Pittsford Police Department. Photo/Vermont State Police
  RUTLAND — A city firefighter who fired late last year following his arrest while off-duty on charges of impersonating a police officer and then for crashing into a parked car while driving drunk has reached a plea deal that will allow him to avoid jail time.
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