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• Consolidated Communications workers threaten strike amid negotiations

  28-07-2018 04:17 via vtdigger.org
  A union slogan is posted on a Consolidated Communications vehicle in a photo posted to the “Fairness @ Consolidated” Facebook page.
  Unions representing more than a thousand workers across Northern New England have announced that they are ready to go on strike if negotiations over their contracts with Consolidated Communications, which expire on Aug. 4, are unsuccessful.
  The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Communications Workers of America represent over 1,100 work
  
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• Precious metals dealers facing charges for trading in stolen goods

  28-07-2018 03:50 via vtdigger.org
  A sign outside the Country Thrift Store and More in Barre, in a photo posted on the store’s Facebook page.
  Four precious metal dealers are facing charges — including one felony count — for failing to document metals and coins they bought and sold, the result of a police investigation into their suspected role in the illicit drug trade.
  The owners of three pawn shops, which are suspected of buying stolen goods from known drug dealers and addicts, have pleaded not guilty in court
  
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• Burlington mulling multi-million dollar high school renovation

  28-07-2018 03:45 via vtdigger.org
  A proposed renovation to Burlington High School would give the 50-year-old building a new facade. Courtesy Burlington School District
  The Burlington school district is inviting the public to take a look at its facilities starting next week as it pitches a major renovation to the high school.
  School officials say the overhaul, which they estimate will cost between $60 million and $70 million, is badly needed to improve accessibility on the sprawling campus and address deferred maintenance in buil
  
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• Tax revenues expected to stay hot; e-board adjusts forecast

  28-07-2018 03:16 via vtdigger.org
  Scott administration economist Jeffrey Carr, left, and Tom Kavet, the economist for the Vermont Legislature, in July 2015. File photo
  The state’s emergency board, the body that sets official revenue forecasts, moved Friday to increase the state’s revenue forecast by about $50 million over the next two years.
  State economists believe that a soaring economy and federal tax reform will drive the boost in tax dollars.
  The board, composed of senior lawmakers and the governor, hiked the an
  
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• Drunk driving testing devices go down across Vermont for a day

  28-07-2018 02:44 via vtdigger.org
  Devices that test the level of alcohol in suspected drunk drivers were knocked out statewide for about 24 hours this week due to a problem updating software. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal justice coverage with our weekly headlines in your inbox.Daily
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• Ward Heneveld: Objective analyses of education needed

  28-07-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ward Heneveld, Ed.D., who is retired in Enosburgh after a career in education as a teacher, administrator, planner and program officer in Vermont, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and throughout Africa where he first taught in Kenya. He has worked in Vermont as a professor of education, as executive director of a community action agency, and as director of the School for International Training. After more than 10 years at the World Bank he was program
  
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• Victor Ialeggio: More questions on ISA student loans

  28-07-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Victor Ialeggio, of Randolph, who is musician, a guardian ad litem and a retired educator.
  As reported by VTDigger, Norwich University, along with numerous colleges and universities, has been contemplating for several years the implementation of what are called Income-Share Agreements (ISAs) in an attempt the university hopes will help reduce the debt burden students find themselves carrying as they graduate and begin a working life. An ISA program woul
  
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• Bob Stannard: Too big to fail

  28-07-2018 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. This month marks his 13th anniversary as a regular, bimonthly columnistfor the Bennington Banner.
  Gen. John Burgoyne was Britain’s hope to quell the rebellion occurring in “The Grants” (as Vermont was once known) in what would one day become the United States of America. He was a seasoned general who may have thought these rebels,
  
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