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• Amy Spear and Megan Sullivan: Vermont trails the nation

  25-01-2026 13:03 via vtdigger.org
  This commentary is by Amy Spear, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, and Megan Sullivan, vice president of government affairs for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.Each year, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce sets legislative priorities grounded in one core objective: advancing the Vermont economy. As we enter the 2026 session, Vermont stands at a defining moment. Affordability pressures, demographic decline and rising operating costs are converging just as our state needs more worke
  
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• More than a dozen athletes with Vermont ties named to U.S. Olympic team

  25-01-2026 12:56 via vtdigger.org
  Mac Forehand of Winhall executes a trick in a World Cup freestyle ski finals in Colorado in 2022. Photo by Hugh Carey/Associated Press
  Ask Julia Kern about her upcoming trip to Italy and she’ll talk up the appetizers and savory scenery. Then comes the main course — the one where she’ll compete alongside more than a dozen other athletes with Vermont ties at the 2026 Winter Olympics.Like a majority of the state’s qualifying skiers for Alpine, biathlon, cross-country and fr
  
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• As child care growth gains momentum across Vermont, some regions lag behind

  25-01-2026 12:52 via vtdigger.org
  Jena Desautels, left, helps her daughter Adalee Pelletier, age 4, get dressed at Little Shepherd Child Care and Preschool in St. Albans City on Thursday, Jan. 22. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Nicole Streeter thought she’d had it tough when she found only minimal child care options for her daughter while living in North Hero. Then, she and her husband moved to Franklin County.“There were no openi
  
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• Copley Hospital workers vote to reaffirm union

  25-01-2026 12:50 via vtdigger.org
  Copley Hospital in Morrisville on Oct. 19, 2023. File photo by Carly Berlin/VTDigger and Vermont PublicThis story by Aaron Calvin was first published in News & Citizen on Jan. 22, 2026.Just over a year after they first voted to form a labor union, Copley Hospital workers voted to continue the union in a rare decertification vote, which, if successful, would have led to its dissolution.The Copley support staff voted last Wednesday 73-38 to maintain the union, in a secret ballot election
  
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• Young Writers Project: ‘Smile’

  25-01-2026 12:49 via vtdigger.org
  “Self-Portrait,” by Ramsey Davis, 16, of WolcottYoung Writers Project is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists that started in Burlington in 2006. Each week, VTDigger publishes the writing and art of young Vermonters who post their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for youth, ages 13-19. To find out more, please go to youngwritersproject.org or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@young
  
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