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  09-06-2018 11:41 via vtdigger.org
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• Trump’s Title X changes could hurt poorest residents most

  09-06-2018 03:52 via vtdigger.org
  Meagan Gallagher, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, speaks at the Women’s March on Montpelier. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  Editor’s note: This article by Bob Audette was originally published by the Brattleboro Reformer on June 7.BRATTLEBORO — Last year, 72 percent of the patients who visited the Brattleboro office of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had incomes of $24,120 or less.Get all of VTDigger's health care news.You'll never miss our heal
  
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• Bennington state’s attorney talking expungement —and not just pot

  09-06-2018 03:39 via vtdigger.org
  Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage. Courtesy photo
  BENNINGTON — Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage, in cooperation with the Bennington County Sheriff’s Department, is sponsoring an expungement assistance program to help people remove old criminal convictions from their records.
  Marthage said the program was inspired by actual situations the office has encountered and made possible by the recent changes in Vermont laws. While old marijuana con
  
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• Tom Evslin: I voted for Trump

  09-06-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Evslin, an entrepreneur, author and former Douglas administration official. This post first appeared on his blog, Fractals of Change.Didn’t want it to be that way. During the primary season Mary and I and some friends wrote and paid to run full-page anti-Trump local ads on the day of his campaign stop in Vermont. We criticized his protectionism, misogyny, apparent racism, praise for Putin, and his practice of leaving investors and suppliers cl
  
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• Gregory Dennis: King, Kennedy and the American dream

  09-06-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Gregory Dennis of Cornwall. It first appeared in the Addison Independent.
  1968, it has that ringOf RFK and Martin Luther KingThe dream went down on a hotel floorDreams are what we’re living for— John Stewart, “Irresistible Targets”
  One of Bobby Kennedy’s last public appearances was in San Diego before the California primary, 50 years ago this week. Standing on a stage at the El Cortez Hotel, he called for an end to the Viet
  
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• Walt Amses: The things they say and believe

  09-06-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: Walt Amses is a writer and former educator who lives in Calais.
  A southern fried dingbat preacher saying God “spoke to him” isn’t really big news anymore — pseudo-apostles are a dime a dozen in the weird subculture that monetizes the collective ignorance of the flock. What caught the media’s attention recently was one such Louisiana minister’s effort to acquire a private jet to spread “the word” while getting his congregation t
  
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• New battle over Bennington Battle Monument

  09-06-2018 00:43 via vtdigger.org
  A proposal to subdivide this property in Old Bennington has residents of the historic village concerned. The acreage is within sight of the Bennington Battle Monument and close to the Old First Church. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  BENNINGTON — A proposed subdivision a short walk from the Bennington Battle Monument has sparked concern among residents of Old Bennington.
  The proposed site is a home on Monument Avenue, within sight of the village’s historic 306-foot obelisk commemorati
  
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• New battle for an old battle monument

  09-06-2018 00:43 via vtdigger.org
  A proposal to subdivide this property in Old Bennington has residents of the historic village concerned. The acreage is within sight of the Bennington Battle Monument and close to the Old First Church. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  BENNINGTON — A proposed subdivision a short walk from the Bennington Battle Monument has sparked concern among residents of Old Bennington.
  The proposed site is a home on Monument Avenue, within sight of the village’s historic 306-foot obelisk commemorati
  
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• Sen. Patrick Leahy has skin cancer cells removed

  09-06-2018 00:13 via vtdigger.org
  Sen. Patrick Leahy had a skin cancer growth removed Wednesday, according to an aide.
  The Vermont Democrat had a procedure to remove squamous cells from his scalp this week. He did not take time off to recover.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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• Vermont State Employees Association presses Scott admin for shutdown protocol

  09-06-2018 00:06 via vtdigger.org
  VSEA Executive Director Steve Howard. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe union that represents state employees is pressing the Scott administration to establish protocols for a government shutdown.
  The Vermont State Employees’ Association sent a letter to the administration requesting negotiations to establish how a shutdown would impact state workers.
  The potential for a shutdown is looming over Montpelier as Republican Gov. Phil Scott and the Democratic-led Legislature have yet to com
  
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