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• Dan Jones: Whatever happened to public service?

  26-12-2025 22:31 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Dan Jones, of Montpelier. He is an activist working for local resilience.  The Vermont State Employees Association has sued the State of Vermont to overturn the administration’s requirement that employees return to working in state offices, arguing that such a return would cause discomfort to some workers. The state, while acknowledging and accommodating special needs requests, maintains that many state services are best delivered by employees working in pe
  
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• Woodstock boards update contract of municipal manager

  26-12-2025 21:51 via vtdigger.org
  Woodstock Municipal Manager Eric Duffy testifies during a hearing before the Woodstock Village Board of Trustees on March 19, 2025. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley NewsThis story by Alex Ebrahimi was first published in the Valley News on Dec. 25, 2025.WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Selectboard and Village Board of Trustees voted this week to update the contract of Municipal Manager Eric Duffy, though the details have not been publicly disclosed.The vote in support of Duffy, who began his tenure
  
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• Until midnight on Dec. 31: All gifts triple matched

  26-12-2025 16:00 via vtdigger.org
  VTDigger reporter Ethan Weinstein at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Monday, June 16, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerDear Readers,Here at VTDigger, we’re gearing up for a new legislative session beginning January 6. I’m writing to you to share what your support will help us do this session and why it matters so much.Right now, there are only a few days left in our year end member drive and I am told we still have $293K left to go to reach our goal. All gifts are tripled t
  
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• Vermont’s litigious climate superfund law pushes forward

  26-12-2025 12:56 via vtdigger.org
  Sue Minter. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerFor Sue Minter, Vermont’s newly appointed climate superfund specialist, the floods started early.Back in 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene thrashed Vermont, Minter — serving as the state’s deputy secretary of transportation — helped rebuild the 600 miles of destroyed road and hundreds of damaged bridges. Just over a decade later, as executive director for Capstone Community Action, a regional anti-poverty nonprofit, she helped low
  
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