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• AG launches site to oppose Planned Parenthood funding cut

  18-07-2018 23:40 via vtdigger.org
  TJ Donovan urges Vermonters to oppose a Title X rule change at Planned Parenthood in Colchester. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  COLCHESTER — Attorney General TJ Donovan and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England called on Vermonters Wednesday to oppose a federal rule change they say would be a blow to rural health care.
  A new portal on the attorney general’s website allows Vermonters to submit comments directly to the federal government opposing a proposal to change the crite
  
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• Valley Vista revamps addiction program to cut wait time

  18-07-2018 22:51 via vtdigger.org
  Valley Vista’s headquarters in Bradford. The organization maintains 99 in-patient treatment beds for substance use disorder at two locations in Vermont. Courtesy photo
  A Bradford-based addiction treatment program is realigning and expanding in an effort to decrease wait times.
  Valley Vista administrators say they’ve eliminated an adolescent treatment program that served ages 13 to 17 and are replacing it with a newly licensed young adult program geared toward ages 16 to 22.Get all of
  
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• Tips for safe composting in bear country

  18-07-2018 21:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentJuly 12, 2018
  Media Contacts:Forrest Hammond802-885-8832
  Josh Kelly802-522-5897
  Safe Composting in Bear CountryEven suburban residents should avoid attracting bears
  MONTPELIER, Vt. – Bears in Vermont are thinking ahead to winter and, looking to fatten up, are currently in search of easy calories. Compost can become a bear attractant – as with trash bins, bird feeders, and pet food – if not properly managed. Fortunately,
  
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• College of St. Joseph announces new health science majors

  18-07-2018 21:09 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — College of St. JosephJuly 12, 2018
  Contact:Kathy Aicher(802) 776-5249cell: (802) 345-9513www.csj.edu
  Pre-Med and Pre-Athletic Training Concentrations Launch Fall ‘18
  Rutland, VT – The administration at College of St. Joseph is pleased to announce two new majors within its Health Science Division. Beginning with the 2018 fall semester, the College will offer a Pre-Med concentration and a Pre-Athletic Training concentration to the Bachelor of Science degree. The tw
  
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• Attorney General statement on U.S. Supreme Court Nomination

  18-07-2018 20:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Office of the Attorney GeneralJuly 9, 2018
  Contact:TEL: (802) 828-3171FAX: (802) 828-3187http://www.ago.vermont.gov
  STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL T.J. DONOVANOn the U.S. Supreme Court Nomination
  Justice Anthony Kennedy deserves our thanks for his decades of service and his support for civil rights and women’s health. Justice Kennedy’s resignation announcement has many implications, but perhaps none resonates more powerfully as the potential impact on a wo
  
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• Burlington to host Vermont Brewers Festival

  18-07-2018 20:40 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Vermont Brewers AssociationJuly 11, 2018
  Contact:Amy CroninE-mail: [email protected]: vermontbrewers.com
  Beer Worth Finding: 26th Annual Vermont Brewers Festival on the Burlington Waterfront
  Burlington, VT – Over 10,000 attendees are expected to attend the Vermont Brewers Festival on July 20-21, held annually on the third weekend in July at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. The festival is organized by the Vermont Brewers Association (VBA) and is consid
  
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• Vermont renews partnership with Japanese sister state

  18-07-2018 20:25 via vtdigger.org
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• Planned Parenthood of Northern New England urges U.S. Senate to reject Supreme Court nominee

  18-07-2018 20:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandJuly 10, 2018
  Contact:Eileen [email protected]
  Senate Must Reject Supreme Court Nominee Brett KavanaughTrump promised nominee would overturn Roe v. Wade, dismantle the Affordable Care Act
  Colchester, VT – President Donald Trump announced D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England strongly op
  
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• State Begins Process To Award Grants For Securing Schools dlvr.it/QbzyG0 https://t.co/jdQy8SNIdj

  18-07-2018 20:04 via twitter.com
  
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• Campaign 2018: Keith Stern Challenges Gov. Scott In Republican Primary dlvr.it/QbzZX1 https://t.co/zoIIRXevnf

  18-07-2018 18:53 via twitter.com
  
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• 'Aggression, Fighting, And Pheromones': Rare 'Cuckoo' Bumblebee Spotted In Missisquoi Refuge Survey… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-07-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  'Aggression, Fighting, And Pheromones': Rare 'Cuckoo' Bumblebee Spotted In Missisquoi Refuge Survey… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Quebecois lawmaker up in arms over Vermont landfill expansion plan

  18-07-2018 03:19 via vtdigger.org
  View of Lake Memphremagog from a hill near Mansonville, Eastern Townships, Quebec. Photo by Kevstan/Wikimedia CommonsA member of the Canadian Parliament issued a call to Vermont leaders to delay public meetings on the proposed 51-acre expansion to the Coventry landfill until studies are carried out to determine the potential impact on a key water source for those living north of the border.Denis Paradis, member of parliament for Brome-Missisquoi, wrote in a letter July 16 saying that he has aske
  
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• Under new law, Sawyer’s attorneys seek to move case behind closed doors

  18-07-2018 02:19 via vtdigger.org
  Jack Sawyer, 18, of Poultney appears in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Pool photo by Ryan Mercer / Burlington Free Press)
  A prosecutor and the defense team for Jack Sawyer, accused earlier this year of plotting to shoot up his former high school in Fair Haven, disagree on whether he should be treated as a “youthful offender” under a new law.
  Attorneys for Sawyer are seeking that “youthful offender” status for their 18-year-old client, which
  
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• UVM Medical Center, nurses to restart contract talks

  18-07-2018 02:17 via vtdigger.org
  Nurses and their allies hold a rally outside the main entrance of UVM Medical Center on Day One of the strike. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerUniversity of Vermont Medical Center administrators and the hospital’s unionized nurses have agreed to resume contract negotiations next week.
  The two sides are scheduled to meet the evening of July 24 — 10 days after nurses ended a 48-hour strike that the union called amid continued disagreement about salary and staffing issues.Get all of VTD
  
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• ‘Steep increase’ in Canadian-Vermont border arrests

  18-07-2018 02:09 via vtdigger.org
  Inside a cell in a Border Patrol station in Richford. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  Arrests of immigrants who have attempted to enter the U.S. illegally through the Canadian-Vermont border have more than doubled.
  In just the past nine months, 267 people have been apprehended by Border Patrol for being in the country illegally, according to Christina Nolan, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal just
  
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• Library board kills proposal to rename Mount Ascutney

  18-07-2018 01:53 via vtdigger.org
  A view of Mount Ascutney from across the Connecticut River in New Hampshire. Photo by M. Dickey DrysdaleThe Vermont Board of Libraries struck down a petition Tuesday to rename Mount Ascutney, citing little local support for a proposal to call the peak Mount Kaskadenak — an Abenaki word — and noting that the mountain’s current moniker already derives from the Abenaki language.Robert Hutchins submitted a petition to change the mountain’s name in 2016, and has argued that it
  
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• Richard Slusky: Blue Cross needs to engage in reform initiatives

  18-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Richard Slusky of South Burlington. He is a retired CEO of 28 years of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, retired director of payment reform for the Green Mountain Care Board. Slusky has served on boards and committees of the Vermont Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association. He currently serves on the Vermont Information Technology board of directors, and is a lifetime fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives.I r
  
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• Chloe Learey: Summer child care challenges

  18-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Chloe Learey, executive director of the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro, and a member of the Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council. The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce recently named her Entrepreneur of the Year.
  Everyone is excited about summer! Vacations are scheduled, kids are glad to be out of school, and the warm weather means life gets a little easier. Except if you’re working full time and
  
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• Jim Masland: NewVistas’ scary governance plan

  18-07-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Jim Masland, of Thetford Center, a Democrat who represents the Windsor-Orange 2 district in the Vermont House of Representatives.
  Several weeks back, VTDigger published a commentary by Kevin Ellis in which he stated that when Vermonters rejected David Hall’s proposed NewVistas community they missed a great opportunity. Hall envisioned a largely self-sustaining community of some 20,000 people on 5,000 acres carved out of the townships of Sharo
  
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• Burlington to explore possible establishment of safe injection site

  18-07-2018 00:14 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington is exploring safe injection sites. Creative Commons photo
  BURLINGTON — The City Council has voted 9-3 in favor of a measure to support opiate treatment and prevention and to explore the possible establishment of a safe-injection site.
  Adopted Monday night after two hours of debate and consideration of nine amendments, the resolution provides for the addition of two city councilors to CommStat, an opioid study committee set up by Mayor Miro Weinberger. It also endorses the dispen
  
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