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• Administration tells lawmakers to give in or take blame for shutdown

  16-06-2018 03:23 via vtdigger.org
  Secretary of Administration Susanne Young, alongside Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin, speaks to a joint House committee during a special session at the Statehouse on June 15, 2018. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott’s administration entered a new round of budget discussions insisting that it’s the legislature’s responsibility to avert a government shutdown by producing a spending and revenue package that meets the governor’s uncompromising property tax demands.
  
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• How healthy is Vermont’s ‘crown jewel’? Report on the state of Lake Champlain

  16-06-2018 02:11 via vtdigger.org
  Matthew Vaughan describing water quality at Lake Champlain Basin Program’s State of the Lake report release.
  GRAND ISLE – The good news from Lake Champlain is that no new invasive species have made their way into its waters since 2014, but the by now familiar bad news is that phosphorus levels in many parts of the lake remain disconcertingly high.
  These were among the findings in the 2018 State of the Lake Report released on Friday. The report, a health check compiled every three yea
  
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• Shelburne Farms edibles accident: no charges but lesson learned

  16-06-2018 01:26 via vtdigger.org
  A woman reads on the lawn of the Inn at Shelburne Farms. Mark Hintsa/Flickr
  By VTEditor
  Shelburne Farms employees who fell ill and were found lying in a parking lot have been released from the hospital and guests who left behind the marijuana edibles that caused the commotion have been let off the hook, according to the hotel and police.“We are pleased to report that both Farm employees involved in this incident have been released from the hospital and are expected to fully recover,”
  
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• Janssen Willhoit: Father’s Day reflection on paid family leave

  16-06-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Janssen Willhoit, of St. Johnsbury, a Republican who represents the Caledonia-3 District in the Vermont House of Representatives.
  On this Father’s Day, I am reflecting on the legislature’s work this past biennium to try to make paid family leave a reality for all Vermont families.
  I have been proud to represent my St. Johnsbury friends and neighbors in the Vermont Legislature for the last four years. Vermont is a special place, and I be
  
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• Michael Haas: The lost song of the whip-poor-will

  16-06-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Michael R. Haas, who retired to Lowell in 2016 from his 35-year rural practice as a veterinarian in Pennsylvania for farm and companion animals and family pets.
  On many a summer evening, back in the 1960s and ‘70s, in the heart of Perry County, Pennsylvania, my family and I were serenaded by the whip-poor-will. Its song is incessant, and haunting, with a mysterious allure that was deepened by my inability, despite many attempts, to ever lay eyes o
  
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• Bob Stannard: A tough week

  16-06-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  Last week America took some hard body shots. Renowned chef/educator Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade both decided to call it quits. Depression is a terrible disease/condition and is easily disguised from friends. We all have our demons. The trick is to keep them in check. This is harder for some than others.
  Smart, successful people
  
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• The Deeper Dig: More mergers loom under school plan’s next phase

  16-06-2018 00:34 via vtdigger.org
  Mark Blount is the principal at Chelsea Public School, which is closing its high school this year. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerAs schools around Vermont go quiet for the year, the effects of the state’s 2015 consolidation law are increasingly visible.
  Earlier this month, the Agency of Education kicked off phase two of Act 46, recommending that 43 districts that haven’t yet volunteered to merge do so next year.
  State Board of Educa
  
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• Proficiency-based learning fails to motivate some students

  16-06-2018 00:32 via vtdigger.org
  Different schools are taking different approaches to proficiency-based learning. File photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News
  This article By Kayla Collier was published in the Stowe Reporter on June 14.
  In Stowe, proficiency-based learning has removed the sense of competition among students, according to a survey of the students themselves.
  Competition has been a major motivation for students who strive always for an A in class, and in some cases proficiency-based learning has dissolved the motivat
  
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