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• Becca Balint makes two key hires to congressional staff

  05-12-2022 23:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  Megan Garcia, left, and David Scherr. Photos courtesy of Becca Balint's officeWith two key hires, U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint’s transition to Congress has begun.On Monday, the Vermont Democrat’s transition team announced the hiring of two top staffers who will lead her offices in Washington, D.C., and in the state she represents. In Washington, Megan Garcia, who has nearly 10 years of experience working in the U.S. House, will serve as Balint’s chief of staff — a ke
  
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• Becca Balint makes 2 key hires to congressional staff

  05-12-2022 23:24 via vtdigger.org
  
  Megan Garcia, left, and David Scherr. Photos courtesy of Becca Balint's officeWith two key hires, U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint’s transition to Congress has begun.On Monday, the Vermont Democrat’s transition team announced the hiring of two top staffers who will lead her offices in Washington, D.C., and in the state she represents. In Washington, Megan Garcia, who has nearly 10 years of experience working in the U.S. House, will serve as Balint’s chief of staff — a ke
  
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• A fire, a death, a bittersweet last call: The final 24 hours of a landmark Brattleboro pub

  05-12-2022 21:40 via vtdigger.org
  
  A rose sits outside the charred remains of McNeill’s Brewery in Brattleboro around 2 p.m. on Monday. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerBRATTLEBORO — When The Boston Globe visited what it called “this quirky southern Vermont town” in 2005, it raised a glass to one particularly spirited landmark.“To those who love a good pint of beer,” the newspaper wrote, “Brattleboro is a year-round mecca, and the object of their devotion is McNeill’s Brewery.&
  
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• Kevin Ellis: Billionaires and their wealth are stealing from Americans

  05-12-2022 13:10 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Kevin Ellis, a communications consultant based in Montpelier. He is a member of the board of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization of VTDigger.It’s been a bad month for billionaires. Elon Musk, the dog that caught the Twitter car, flailed about. First he spent too much. Then he fired the board. Then he fired the management team. Then he fired thousands of employees. Then he tried to rehire those he just fired. Then he let Trump back on. Wow. 
  
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• Ron Pulcer: ‘Candidate quality’ — Trump will lose again in 2024

  05-12-2022 13:07 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Ron Pulcer, a resident of Rutland Town.The buzzword from the 2020 general election was "election fraud" along with the hashtag #StopTheSteal. Never mind that the stealing started after the election. Donald Trump raised $250 million for an "election defense fund" that didn’t exist. The money was funneled into Trump's business properties and his "Save America" PAC.The buzzword from the 2022 midterm election was "candidate quality," coined by Sen. Mitch McConnell in
  
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• Walt Amses: There are ways we can change the equation

  05-12-2022 13:04 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Walt Amses, a writer who lives in North Calais.Between the time I’m writing this and you’re reading it, there likely have been several mass shootings, bringing the total to well over 600 so far this year, a number that, however astounding, increases annually in a country with more firearms than people, where the Second Amendment has absorbed the First: We let our guns do the talking. And the more they talk, the louder their voices. For the first time in his
  
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• Morgan W. Brown: Never take anything for granted — even exiting an ailing elevator

  05-12-2022 13:01 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Morgan W. Brown of Montpelier, a struggling writer, activist and advocate.Although life had long ago taught numerous lessons regarding never taking anything for granted or otherwise risk certain resulting negative consequences, particularly with the lengthy amount of years of having lived unhoused (without permanent housing; aka homeless) and the many dangers that can often come with these type of circumstances and experiences, there are times when it has become apparent so
  
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• Bennington Elementary School is calling the police on its own students. What’s going wrong?

  05-12-2022 12:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  More than a dozen police reports and interviews with former staffers at Bennington Elementary School paint a picture of a school struggling to respond to students in mental health crises. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger; Illustration by Natalie Williams/VTDiggerAt 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2021, a police officer was dispatched to Bennington Elementary School.  The officer, Amanda Knox, was responding to a report of a “juvenile out of control.” Knox spoke with the student
  
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