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• Final Reading: Bill banning forever chemicals in consumer products comes back to life in the Vermont House

  29-03-2024 23:30 via vtdigger.org
  
  Rep. Theresa Wood, D-Waterbury, chair of the the House Human Services Committee, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 25. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Rep. Theresa Wood, D-Waterbury, chair of the the House Human Services Committee, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 25. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Rep. Theresa Wood, D-Waterbury, chair of the the House Human Services Committee, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 25. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
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• Fiscal hole threatens Green Mountain Transit bus service

  29-03-2024 23:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  Bus service in Chittenden County will be scaled back unless a new state funding source can be applied, Green Mountain Transit administrators said Monday. Photo by Jason Starr/Williston Observer
  Bus service in Chittenden County will be scaled back unless a new state funding source can be applied, Green Mountain Transit administrators said Monday. Photo by Jason Starr/Williston ObserverBus service in Chittenden County will be scaled back unless a new state funding source can be applied, Green Mou
  
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• Senate advances a bill that would establish a climate ‘superfund’

  29-03-2024 21:50 via vtdigger.org
  
  Sen. Nader Hashim, D-Windham, speaks during a meeting at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Feb. 21. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Credit: Glenn Russell
  Sen. Nader Hashim, D-Windham, speaks during a meeting at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Feb. 21. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Credit: Glenn RussellSen. Nader Hashim, D-Windham, speaks during a meeting at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Feb. 21. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Credit: Glenn Russell
  State senators advanced a bill that would ap
  
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• As Vermont House passes budget, Republicans pan spending plans 

  29-03-2024 21:32 via vtdigger.org
  
  Rep. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield, explains an amendment to a budget bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Rep. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield, explains an amendment to a budget bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Rep. Anne Donahue, R-Northfield, explains an amendment to a budget bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
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• ‘A consummate showman and entertainer’: Vermont saxophonist Joe Moore dies at 75

  29-03-2024 21:14 via vtdigger.org
  
  Joe Moore performs on stage in Burlington. Photo courtesy of Linda Winter
  Joe Moore performs on stage in Burlington. Photo courtesy of Linda Winter
  Joe Moore performs on stage in Burlington. Photo courtesy of Linda Winter
  Saxophonist and singer Joe Moore, a towering figure in the Vermont live music scene, died on Wednesday at 75 as a result of complications due to surgery, his family announced on social media.“It is with deep sorrow that we share Joe Moore has been called Home,” a W
  
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• Auditor’s report details lack of state oversight in Vermont’s EB-5 fraud

  29-03-2024 20:00 via vtdigger.org
  
  State Auditor Doug Hoffer has released a new report assessing the state’s role in the EB-5 scandal. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  State Auditor Doug Hoffer has released a new report assessing the state’s role in the EB-5 scandal. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  State Auditor Doug Hoffer has released a new report assessing the state’s role in the EB-5 scandal. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  A new report released by State Auditor Doug Hoffer this week affirmed
  
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• Spring member drive: We need 100 members to send a book today!

  29-03-2024 19:37 via vtdigger.org
  
  Dear readers,Because we at VTDigger believe that a more informed Vermont is a smarter Vermont, it matters to us that children have the opportunity to fall in love with reading.But the reality is that many Vermont families don’t have children’s books at home because they are a luxury they cannot afford. That’s why VTDigger is partnering with the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) to send 3,000 brand-new books to Vermont children this spring. Often a book that a ch
  
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• Burlington mayor-elect Emma Mulvaney-Stanak to resign House seat

  29-03-2024 17:41 via vtdigger.org
  
  Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, P/D-Burlington, at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, P/D-Burlington, at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerRep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, P/D-Burlington, at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, P/D-Burlington, plans to step down from her seat in the Vermont Hous
  
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• Tom McKone: Deteriorating schools need attention and funding

  29-03-2024 11:01 via vtdigger.org
  
  This commentary is by Tom McKone of Montpelier.The build-up to Town Meeting Day and the record failure of 30 school budgets have overshadowed an earlier, stunning report that has received only modest coverage: Vermont faces at least $6.3 billion in school construction costs over the next two decades — even more, if we don’t start putting $300 million per year into this right away.An immediate question is: If taxpayers don’t support their local school budget, how likely are they
  
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• PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’

  29-03-2024 00:04 via vtdigger.org
  
  Phoenix Newell of The Riverside School in Lyndonville wins the Vermont State Competition of the National Spelling Bee in Middlebury on Thursday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  Phoenix Newell of The Riverside School in Lyndonville wins the Vermont State Competition of the National Spelling Bee in Middlebury on Thursday. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerPhoenix Newell of The Riverside School in Lyndonville wins the Vermont State Competition of the National Spelling Bee in Middlebury on Thursday. P
  
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