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• Officials debate penalty for health insurance mandate

  07-10-2018 21:12 via vtdigger.org
  Copley Hospital in Morrisville. Courtesy photo
  After months of study, a work group has come up with preliminary recommendations on how mandatory health insurance should work in Vermont.
  But the Individual Mandate Working Group could not agree on what might be the most contentious issue – whether those who don’t buy health insurance should face financial penalties.Get all of VTDigger's health care news.You'll never miss our health care coverage with our weekly headlines in your inbox.
  
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• State directs addiction money to after-school programs

  07-10-2018 20:16 via vtdigger.org
  Al Gobeille, secretary of the Agency of Human Services. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerVermont officials are investing in a new weapon – after-school programming – in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
  The Agency of Human Services has received legislative approval to spend $600,000 over three years to increase access to after-school programs. The cash comes from a special allocation intended to boost Vermont’s substance use disorder initiatives.Get all of VTDigger's health
  
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• Planned Parenthood declines to endorse in governor’s race

  07-10-2018 20:02 via vtdigger.org
  Lucy Leriche and Meaghan Gallagher of Planned Parenthood. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerVermont’s Planned Parenthood branch is declining to endorse a candidate in this year’s gubernatorial race, saying both incumbent Gov. Phil Scott and Democrat Christine Hallquist would actively work to champion women’s reproductive rights.Planned Parenthood announced last week that it would not be picking a favorite in the governor’s race, a move that surprised Hallquist, whose camp
  
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• Bennington Dems leave House seat open in tribute to Kiah Morris

  07-10-2018 19:40 via vtdigger.org
  BENNINGTON — Local Democrats voted to leave the House seat of former Rep. Kiah Morris vacant until the next legislative session as a tribute to her.
  Members of the committee from House District 2-2 voted unanimously during a special meeting Thursday to make that recommendation to Gov. Phil Scott. Morris resigned from her seat on Sept. 26, citing racially motivated harassment and threats, primarily online, as well as a need to help her husband recover from surgery.Get all of VTDigger's poli
  
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• Welch, House Dems vow Kavanaugh investigation

  07-10-2018 19:24 via vtdigger.org
  Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh in the Justices’ Conference Room, Supreme Court Building on Saturday. Mrs. Ashley Kavanaugh holds the Bible. Photo by Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
  A bitterly divisive battle over the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court formally ended with the Senate’s vote Saturday, but the stage is set for the poli
  
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• Vermonters React To The Kavanaugh Confirmation dlvr.it/QmZt4w https://t.co/ErWqZHLpaG

  07-10-2018 17:06 via twitter.com
  
  Vermonters React To The Kavanaugh Confirmation dlvr.it/QmZt4w https://t.co/ErWqZHLpaG
  
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• Two organizations merge to create statewide nonprofit support

  07-10-2018 17:06 via vtdigger.org
  Administration buildings at Marlboro College. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  Two nonprofits that work to help Vermont’s nonprofit organizations thrive have merged to form one organization with a main office in Marlboro and a branch in Burlington.
  Common Good Vermont and Marlboro College’s Center for New Leadership, or CNL, merged Oct. 1 into one organization that will have a full-time staff of five, headed up by Kate McGowan, the former executive director of Addison County United Way.
  
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• Marlboro College, Common Good merge statewide nonprofit programs

  07-10-2018 17:06 via vtdigger.org
  Administration buildings at Marlboro College. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
  Two nonprofits that work to support Vermont’s charitable organizations have merged to form one organization with a main office in Marlboro and a branch in Burlington.
  Common Good Vermont and Marlboro College’s Center for New Leadership, or CNL, merged Oct. 1 into one organization that will have a full-time staff of five, headed up by Kate McGowan, the former executive director of Addison County United Way.
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• Then Again: Schemes to entice people to Vermont nothing new

  07-10-2018 17:00 via vtdigger.org
  A woman stops by a tourism information booth in Barre in 1955. Starting in the mid-1800s, Vermont tried to offset economic challenges, including stagnating population numbers, by encouraging tourism. Photo courtesy of Vermont State Archives
  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.”The numbers didn’t look good. During the 1850s Vermont’s population grew
  
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• SAVE THE DATE: VTDigger’s lieutenant governor forum in Greensboro, Nov. 1, 2018 at 6:30pm

  07-10-2018 11:37 via vtdigger.org
  Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, left, and GOP challenger Don Turner. VTDigger photos
   
  VTDigger will host a moderated forum with incumbent Progressive/Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman and his Republican challenger Rep. Don Turner on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, at 6:30 at the new Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro, VT.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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