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• Moats: The politics of education financing

  16-09-2018 21:00 via vtdigger.org
  Leland & Gray school board members listen in 2016 as students, parents and other residents protest proposed budget cuts. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  Editor’s note: David Moats, an author and journalist who lives in Salisbury, is a regular columnist for VTDigger. He is editorial page editor emeritus of the Rutland Herald, where he won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series of editorials on Vermont’s civil union law.
  Jim Douglas, Peter Shumlin and Phil Scott have all tried to fix Ve
  
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• At Bennington forum, former House speaker reflects on powers of state government

  16-09-2018 20:35 via vtdigger.org
  Former Vermont House Speaker Shap Smith, right, and Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, lead discussion during a forum at Bennington College Thursday on the options and limitations of state governments. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDigger
  BENNINGTON — When Shap Smith was about to become Speaker of the Vermont House in 2009, he knew an important decision loomed on whether to pursue legislation ensuring full marriage equality for same-sex couples.
  “My team had scars from the way civil unions
  
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• Then Again: Architect of the Gilded Age

  16-09-2018 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  The Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina, which Richard Morris Hunt designed for George Vanderbilt, is the largest home ever built in the United States. Library of Congress photo
  Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”To call this house large is an understatement. Actually, to call it a “house” is also a bit misleading, too. The word doesn’t c
  
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• Developer of former St. Joseph’s orphanage looks to erase ugly past

  16-09-2018 19:48 via vtdigger.org
  A new outdoor bronze sculpture of two children with fishing poles sits outside Burlington’s former St. Joseph’s Orphanage. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — When local developer Eric Farrell purchased the Lake Champlain property owned for more than a century by Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese, he reached back a half-billion years to name his new development “Cambrian Rise” after the geological time period that shaped this waterfront property
  
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• Developer of former Burlington orphanage looks to the future

  16-09-2018 19:48 via vtdigger.org
  A new outdoor bronze sculpture of two children with fishing poles sits outside Burlington’s former St. Joseph’s Orphanage. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
  BURLINGTON — When local developer Eric Farrell purchased the Lake Champlain property owned for more than a century by Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese, he reached back a half-billion years to name his new development “Cambrian Rise” after the geological time period that shaped the landscape.
  But as Fa
  
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• Virtual reality technology opens windows to the world for vets’ home residents

  16-09-2018 19:00 via vtdigger.org
  Army veteran Kevin Kendrick looks up from his virtual reality headset on Wednesday morning at the Vermont Veterans’ Home. The facility is finding that its senior residents love the new technology experience. Photo by Holly Pelczynski/Bennington Banner
  Editor’s note: This story by Christine Wisniewski was published in the Bennington Banner on Sept. 13.BENNINGTON — In a roughly half an hour, four residents at the Vermont Veterans’ Home traveled the globe without getting up
  
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• Montpelier proceeds with parking garage project after TIF approval

  16-09-2018 18:30 via vtdigger.org
  The capital city is eyeing new development projects, including the construction of a 348-space parking garage in the city’s downtown, following state approval for a Tax Increment Financing district.
  Montpelier City Manager Bill Fraser said a new parking garage next to the Capitol Plaza Hotel and a new Hilton-family Hampton Inn and Suites behind the current hotel are the only developments taking advantage of the TIF district at this point.
  “We’ve reached out to other people but
  
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• Trump wants new deal for US dairy farmers in NAFTA, but it may be short-sighted

  16-09-2018 17:32 via vtdigger.org
  Photo by Alan J. Keays/VTDigger
  The Trump administration reportedly will not budge on its demand that Canada allow the United States more access to the Canadian dairy market, but Canada’s politically strong dairy industry says the demand is unlikely to happen as negotiations on the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rumble toward an October 1 deadline.
  Vermont dairy leaders say that the outcome of the negotiations on dairy trade could impact the state’s industry in many
  
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• Advocates push for lead and PFAS testing in schools

  16-09-2018 17:20 via vtdigger.org
  Advocates are pushing for more testing for contaminated drinking water in Vermont schools. Creative Commons photo
  Ahead of the release of a report on a state lead-testing program, environmental and public interest advocates are calling on education leaders to test for lead and PFAS in school drinking water.
  Leaders of the Conservation Law Foundation, Rights & Democracy, Vermont Conservation Voters, the Vermont Natural Resources Council, the Vermont Public Interest Research Group and the Verm
  
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• Gov. Phil Scott’s public schedule Sept. 15-21, 2018

  16-09-2018 16:32 via vtdigger.org
  News Release — Office of the GovernorSept. 14, 2018
  Contact:Rebecca [email protected]
  Governor Phil Scott’s Public Schedule: 9/15/18 – 9/21/18
  Saturday, September 15
  No public events scheduled
  Sunday, September 16
  No public events scheduled
  Monday, September 17
  9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
  VT Shares Kick Off
  Cedar Creek Room, Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT
  Tuesday, September 18
  12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
  Ludlow Rotary Club Meeting
  DJ’s Restaurant, 146 Main Stre
  
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• VTDigger launches self-serve advertising portal

  16-09-2018 15:04 via vtdigger.org
  Read the story on VTDigger here:VTDigger launches self-serve advertising portal.
  
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• SAVE THE DATE: VTDigger’s gubernatorial forum in Rutland Oct. 10, 6:30 p.m.

  16-09-2018 07:39 via vtdigger.org
  VTDigger will host a moderated forum with incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott and his Democratic challenger Christine Hallquist on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at 6:30 at the Paramount theater in downtown Rutland.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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