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• Vermont receives $195M federal grant for rural health care transformation 

  30-12-2025 23:21 via vtdigger.org
  A doctor provides remote neurological care to a Dartmouth Health patient in the hospital. Photo courtesy of Dartmouth HealthVermont is set to receive $195 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the federal body announced on Monday. The money comes as part of the federal government’s new Rural Health Transformation grant program that Vermont’s Agency of Human Services applied for in November. The award is almost two times what the state had expected to receive. 
  
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• Charlotte wildlife corridor map up for revamp

  30-12-2025 23:17 via vtdigger.org
  A biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department uses a mapping platform to see connections between land that allow plants and animals to migrate. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThis story by Liberty Darr was first published in The Citizen on Dec. 24, 2025.The Charlotte Conservation Commission is hoping to secure some big bucks to do what they say is a much-needed revamp of the town’s wildlife corridor map. They are anticipating that the work could cost roughly $25,000 to complet
  
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• Mount Mansfield study looks at effects of shorter winters

  30-12-2025 22:03 via vtdigger.org
  A snowy scene on Mt. Mansfield, the state’s highest peak. Photo by Molly Walsh/CNS
  This story by Aaron Calvin was first published in News & Citizen on Dec. 24, 2025.This winter the University of Vermont marks a quarter century of continuous research documenting two key tributaries of Mount Mansfield — the West Branch of the Little River and Ranch Brook.After 25 years, researchers have a clearer picture of the changes in runoff on Mount Mansfield, where a warming climate continue
  
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• Amy Guala: Commitment to public service can’t be measured by attendance

  30-12-2025 13:03 via vtdigger.org
  Dear Editor,Dear Editor,I believe Dan Jones’ Dec. 26 commentary regarding state employee remote work conflates physical presence with emotional presence. I strongly disagree with the idea that commitment to public service is rooted in shared place or shared fate. Equating remote work with diminished dedication is a false equivalence. Remote work has no bearing on whether someone is a committed public servant.Service is an attitude, not a location. Anyone who has worked in a service profes
  
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• More bailouts for nursing homes? Why Vermont has given millions to keep care centers afloat.

  30-12-2025 12:53 via vtdigger.org
  With the second oldest population in the country, Vermont needs its nursing homes. Yet, while Vermonters rapidly age, the state’s long-term care capacity has dwindled, losing 900 beds in the last two decades. To keep the struggling system afloat, the state has bailed out nursing homes with around $38 million in state and federal Medicaid dollars for so-called extraordinary financial relief over the past five years, according to records obtained by VTDigger. The practice, which h
  
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