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• Larson edges Williams by five votes in Rutland Senate recount

  28-08-2018 22:05 via vtdigger.org
  RUTLAND – A recount in the race for the final GOP spot on the general election ballot for state Senate seat from Rutland County resulted in the same candidate winning by the same five-vote margin as in the primary election earlier this month.
  Ed Larson, a former Rutland City alderman, garnered 2,048 votes, compared to 2,043 votes for Terry Williams, a member of the Poultney Selectboard, according to Marya Bossong, acting Rutland County clerk, who also serves as the Bennington County clerk.
  
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• Sanders to introduce ‘Bezos Bill’ next month

  28-08-2018 21:40 via vtdigger.org
  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Creative Commons photo
  Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to introduce legislation next month to give large employers like Amazon and Walmart the choice to either pay workers a higher wage or to pay taxes equal to the total cost of federal assistance programs their workers use.
  The proposal aims to raise taxes from large corporations equal to the amount that the company’s low-wage employees use in federal benefit programs each year. If an Amazon employee uses $100 in food sta
  
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• LISTEN: How Green Is My Power? Comparing Vermont's Sources Of Renewable Energy dlvr.it/QhMMBG https://t.co/pLwfvk62XB

  28-08-2018 20:42 via twitter.com
  
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• DNC adopts Sanders-backed superdelegate reform

  28-08-2018 20:29 via vtdigger.org
  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the final debate before the 2016 New York primary. Photo courtesy of CNN
  In a decision praised by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., Democratic Party officials have agreed to reduce the influence of superdelegates, whose role created controversy in the party’s 2016 primary process that led to the selection of Hillary Clinton over Sanders.
  “Today’s decision by the DNC is an important step forward in making the Democratic Party more open, democratic
  
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• Norwich, CCV sign agreement allowing CCV students to participate in Norwich ROTC

  28-08-2018 20:05 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Norwich UniversityAugust 27, 2018
  Contact:Daphne E. [email protected]
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  Norwich and CCV Sign Air Force Crosstown Agreement
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University and Community College of Vermont (CCV) have signed a U.S. Air Force Crosstown Agreement allowing CCV students to participate in Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at Norwich. The ROTC program allows students pursuing a bachelor’s deg
  
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• Sweethearts & Heroes kicks off 17-date tour of VT, NY and NH schools, Sept. 2 at Thunder Road

  28-08-2018 19:59 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sweethearts & HeroesAug. 27, 2018
  Contacts:
  •Tom Murphy, co-founder, Sweethearts & Heroes: 802-309-9539, [email protected]
  •Jason Spector, co-founder, Sweethearts & Heroes: 518-229-3367, [email protected]
  •Leon Thompson, communications, Sweethearts & Heroes, 802-309-3198, [email protected]
  Sweethearts & Heroes kicks off 17-date tour of VT, NY and NH schools: 9/2/18
  BARRE, Vt. –– Sweethearts & Heroes, the nation
  
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• VEC asking members to trim electricity use Tuesday and Wednesday

  28-08-2018 19:54 via vtdigger.org
  New Release — VECAugust 27, 2018
  Contact:Jake Brown 802-730-0414, [email protected]
  Johnson, VT- Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) is encouraging members to conserve energy tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28, and Wednesday, August 29 between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. each day. This is when demand for electricity is expected to spike as a result of high temperatures throughout New England.
  Here is what people can do to help “beat the peak” during those hours:
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• Police say I-89 shooter fired at a second car

  28-08-2018 19:53 via vtdigger.org
  State police say a motorist was involved in at least two shootings on I-89 last week. File photo
  A 38-year-old Winooski man is facing additional charges after police say he was involved in a second shooting last week on Interstate 89.
  Jason Dion is being held without bail and awaiting an arraignment date on charges of attempted murder and reckless endangerment after police say he was involved in a second shooting on Interstate-89 last week.Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never
  
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• Should Non-U.S. Citizens Be Allowed To Vote In Local Elections? dlvr.it/QhM7dm https://t.co/wa3wMsba0x

  28-08-2018 19:52 via twitter.com
  
  Should Non-U.S. Citizens Be Allowed To Vote In Local Elections? dlvr.it/QhM7dm https://t.co/wa3wMsba0x
  
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• Downtown Barre building receives Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award


  28-08-2018 19:50 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Downstreet Housing and Community DevelopmentAug. 27, 2018
  Contact:Alison FriedkinPhone: 802-477-1342Email: [email protected]
  (BARRE, VERMONT, August 27, 2018) Completed in 2016, Downstreet Housing and Community Development’s four-story building on the corner of Summer Street and Keith Avenue in downtown Barre City is one of five recipients of the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award. Governor Phil Scott will be one of the award presenters at a private
  
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• Acclaimed Mobile Museum to stop in St. Johnsbury

  28-08-2018 19:46 via vtdigger.org
  News release — Fairbanks Museum & PlanetariumAug. 27, 2018
  Contact:Anna Rubin, Director of External RelationsFairbanks Museum & Planetarium802-748-2372
  The Fairbanks Museum welcomes the Vermont International Museum of Contemporary Art + Design, also known as the “Mobile Museum,” on Saturday September 1. This unique and unusual attraction will be parked on Main Street in front of the Fairbanks Museum and open to visitors at no charge throughout the day.
  The Mobile Museum
  
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• Scott orders lowering of flags in honor of Sen. John McCain

  28-08-2018 19:43 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Gov. Phil ScottAug. 27, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca [email protected]
  Flags to be Lowered to Half Staff
  Per order of Governor Philip B. Scott
  Where the flag will be lowered: State facilities around the State
  Which flag will be lowered: Both the U.S. and Vermont flags **
  Date the flag is to be lowered (at sunrise): Wednesday, August 29, 2018
  Date flag is to return to full staff (at sunset): Sunday, September 2, 2018
  Name of person being honored: Senator John McCa
  
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• Leahy comments on the passing of Barrie Dunsmore

  28-08-2018 19:38 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Sen. Patrick LeahyAug. 27, 2018
  Press Contact:David Carle(202) 224-3693
  (From his home in Middlesex, Vermont)
  Marcelle and I are just two of the countless Vermonters whose lives were brightened by having known Barrie.
  As Vermonters we have been enriched and enlightened, and sometimes challenged, by his perceptive commentaries, in which he shared his experience and his sharp insights, drawn from a remarkable career that spanned the globe. He had a great sense of history, whic
  
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• Take Steps in Their Shoes 2018 fundraiser for Steps to End Domestic Violence is Oct. 6

  28-08-2018 19:20 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Steps to End Domestic ViolenceAugust 24, 2018
  Contact:Jessie Forand, Development and Communications Manager(802) 658-3131 ext. 1063
  BURLINGTON – Registration is open for the 2018 Take Steps in Their Shoes event, presented by Steps to End Domestic Violence. The agency’s major fundraising event is back for the second time, and promises a powerful, fun day in Burlington’s South End.
  From noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, participants will march to raise a
  
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• Mergens Foundation grant puts South Hero Library closer to campaign goal

  28-08-2018 19:16 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — South Hero Public LibraryAugust 24, 2018
  Contact:Keagan Calkins, Library DirectorSouth Hero Public Library(802) [email protected]
  South Hero, Vermont: The South Hero Public Library has received a $20,000 grant from the George W. Mergens Foundation that brings the campaign to build a new library close to the $1.5 million goal. This grant, plus other recent gifts, will help close the remaining $85,000 funding gap to fully fund construction of the new library a
  
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• Yankee Farm Credit approves special cash patronage dividend

  28-08-2018 19:11 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Yankee Farm CreditAug. 24, 2018
  Contact:Erika QuickMarketing [email protected]
  Members to receive $1.8 million mid-year patronage
  Williston, Vermont (August 24, 2018) The Yankee Farm Credit Board of Directors recently approved the distribution of a mid-year patronage dividend of $1.8 million to their more than 1,400 members who are involved in farming and forestry. This distribution equals a return of approximately 30 bps of the average daily
  
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• Burlington city council mulls high school bond proposal

  28-08-2018 12:47 via vtdigger.org
  Burlington High School classrooms. Photo by Alexandre Silberman/VTDigger
  The Burlington city council on Monday peppered school officials with questions about the district’s proposal to overhaul the high school to the tune of $70 million.
  The school board has endorsed a significant building project to modernize and consolidate Burlington High School’s sprawling, half-century-old facilities. The ball is now in the city council’s court, which must decide whether or not to put a bo
  
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• Vermont Democratic Party endorses weed taxation and regulation

  28-08-2018 03:14 via vtdigger.org
  Heady Vermont hosted a celebration of the new marijuana law — nicknamed “Weedstock”— in Johnson Sunday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerThe Vermont Democratic Party has formally declared its support for a statewide system to tax and regulate marijuana sales, voting over the weekend to adopt the policy into its official platform.The party’s embrace of cannabis taxation and regulation comes after recreational use of the drug became legal in July, and represents a si
  
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• AG opens investigation into online threats against Kiah Morris

  28-08-2018 02:49 via vtdigger.org
  Rep. Kiah Morris, D-Brattleboro, defended the state’s Medicaid program. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerBENNINGTON — Attorney General TJ Donovan has opened an investigation into online threats that played a role in the decision of state Rep. Kiah Morris, D-Bennington, to end her campaign for a third House term.
  Morris, who is African American, bowed out of the race on Friday, the deadline to allow local Democrats to choose a new candidate in the Bennington 2-2 House district race for
  
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• Fresh lawsuit filed over gun law as attorney presses on with another

  28-08-2018 02:33 via vtdigger.org
  Ed Cutler of Gun Owners of Vermont testifies in House Judiciary. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
  A second gun rights organization is bringing a lawsuit against Vermont over firearm restrictions passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the governor earlier this year.
  In its filing, Gun Owners of Vermont says the legislation was the result of a “knee-jerk, emotional reaction” that was “hastily slapped together.” Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll
  
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• Police charge juvenile after false reports of an active shooter at fair

  28-08-2018 01:42 via vtdigger.org
  Essex Police have charged a 15-year-old with disorderly conduct and assault after finding him in possession of an air pistol Sunday evening at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex.
  Police officers assigned to the fair were informed of a “male running with a handgun,” according to police reports. Police said they identified the suspect and recovered an air pistol when they searched the juvenile. Get all of VTDigger's criminal justice news.You'll never miss our courts and criminal
  
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• Josh Fitzhugh: Filling the GOP’s slate

  28-08-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John “Josh” Fitzhugh, who is chair of the Washington County Republican committee. He has no desire to run for any of these statewide offices but wants to be a member of an organization that has people who do.Although it resulted from a bizarre sequence of events, Brooke Paige’s withdrawal as the GOP candidate in five statewide offices gives the Republican State Committee this Wednesday a unique opportunity to redefine the party if &mda
  
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• Brad Peacock: A campaign spending limit proposal

  28-08-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Brad Peacock, of Shaftsbury, who is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in November. He is a farmer at Clear Brook Farm in Shaftsbury, where he was born, raised and has spent most of his life, and where he now lives with his husband. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a graduate of the University of Vermont.
  As many of you are aware, one of the most corrupt aspects of our election system today is money in politics. Campaign finance reform is
  
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• John McClaughry: The perfect climate conscious state

  28-08-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute.A year ago Gov. Phil Scott created a Climate Action Commission in response to clamor generated by the state’s environmental organizations determined to make Vermonters take bold action to defeat the menace of climate change which they insist “is a fundamental threat to Vermont.”
  The governor tasked the commission with delivering “an action plan aimed at reaching the
  
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• VTrans says Bennington rail cars will store propane again

  28-08-2018 00:20 via vtdigger.org
  Local lawmakers and town officials meet with VTrans officials at the entrance to Bennington College to discuss the possibility of a roundabout at the busy five-way intersection. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  BENNINGTON — The answers weren’t always what residents wanted to hear, but top state transportation officials fielded questions for about two hours on a range of topics — from parked rail tanker cars filled with propane to roundabouts to bike path development.
  The issue th
  
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• City Mall project delayed again; developer and contractor in ‘dispute’

  28-08-2018 00:08 via vtdigger.org
  The City Place development planned for downtown Burlington, in a rendering by PKSB Architects.
  The developer of a major project in Burlington has delayed again the planned opening of retail stores in the new downtown complex. In addition, developer Don Sinex is reportedly in a dispute with the project’s general contractor, Pizzagalli Construction, according to two city officials.
  Sinex of Devonwood Investors LLC in New York is leading a $225 million project that would replace the former do
  
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