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- PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’
PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’ -Phoenix Newell, this year’s winner, placed third in last year’s spelling bee.
Read the story on VTDigger here: PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’.
- Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition
Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition -Democrats and Progressives are expressing skepticism about Zoie Saunders’ lack of experience in public school administration.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition.
- State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion
State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion -Trooper Zachary Trocki and Sgt. Ryan Wood were accused of causing a man to fall from a roof by firing a beanbag-type projectile at him during a 2022 incident in Newfane.
Read the story on VTDigger here: State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion.
- Senate advances tax on streaming services to bolster public media
Senate advances tax on streaming services to bolster public media -The proposed tax has faced opposition from Netflix and other streaming providers, who told lawmakers that it would cause them to pass additional costs to consumers.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Senate advances tax on streaming services to bolster public media.
- Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices
Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices -Police have received four reports from Vermont residents who discovered such devices on their cars after returning from Montreal.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices.
- House signals support for Act 250 overhaul, while Gov. Phil Scott says it misses the mark
House signals support for Act 250 overhaul, while Gov. Phil Scott says it misses the mark -The bill would remove state-level development review in some qualifying municipalities while adding environmental protections in other parts of the state.
Read the story on VTDigger here: House signals support for Act 250 overhaul, while Gov. Phil Scott says it misses the mark.
- Survey shows vaping rate doubled in Vermont, while cigarette use declined
Survey shows vaping rate doubled in Vermont, while cigarette use declined -The findings, released this week, comes as Gov. Phil Scott considers whether to sign a bill that would ban the sale of flavored e-liquids.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Survey shows vaping rate doubled in Vermont, while cigarette use declined.
- Evan Carlson: Vermont’s fight for repair freedom
Evan Carlson: Vermont’s fight for repair freedom -The ability to conduct basic repairs and the empowerment to fix it yourself has been taken away from our business owners, only to the benefit of the manufacturers.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Evan Carlson: Vermont’s fight for repair freedom.
- Prospero B. Gogo Jr: Preventable nicotine-product-related illnesses cost Vermont money and suffering
Prospero B. Gogo Jr: Preventable nicotine-product-related illnesses cost Vermont money and suffering -I hope that Gov. Phil Scott takes into consideration these savings when contemplating putting his signature on S.18.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Prospero B. Gogo Jr: Preventable nicotine-product-related illnesses cost Vermont money and suffering.
- Upper Valley residents pan post office plan to move mail sorting to Connecticut
Upper Valley residents pan post office plan to move mail sorting to Connecticut -Many residents said they worried that USPS’s plan is more likely to hurt the quality of services by cutting staff and resources rather than to improve delivery.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Upper Valley residents pan post office plan to move mail sorting to Connecticut.
- Final Reading: Republicans criticize new tax proposals in Vermont House
Final Reading: Republicans criticize new tax proposals in Vermont House -Gov. Phil Scott finds himself far apart from where the legislature’s Democratic leadership is headed, and not for the first time.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Final Reading: Republicans criticize new tax proposals in Vermont House.
- Vermont House approves expansion of access to Medicaid, Medicare
Vermont House approves expansion of access to Medicaid, Medicare -If it becomes law, the bill would expand income eligibility limits to allow more young people, pregnant Vermonters and older Vermonters to access federally funded health insurance.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont House approves expansion of access to Medicaid, Medicare.
- David Alastair Lewis
David Alastair Lewis -Throughout his 17 years in Los Angeles, David acted in a number of television pilots, AFI and USC Student Films, and several theater productions.
Read the story on VTDigger here: David Alastair Lewis.
- ‘An extra seasonal pop’: Vermont businesses see dollar signs in eclipse traffic
‘An extra seasonal pop’: Vermont businesses see dollar signs in eclipse traffic -In the middle of mud season, local businesses are preparing for a boost in the state’s economy due to the total solar eclipse on April 8.
Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘An extra seasonal pop’: Vermont businesses see dollar signs in eclipse traffic .
- PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’
PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’ -Phoenix Newell, this year’s winner, placed third in last year’s spelling bee.
Read the story on VTDigger here: PHOTOS: Northeast Kingdom student wins Vermont spelling bee with ‘utilitarian’.
- Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition
Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition -Democrats and Progressives are expressing skepticism about Zoie Saunders’ lack of experience in public school administration.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Final Reading: Phil Scott’s education secretary pick draws opposition.
- State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion
State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion -Trooper Zachary Trocki and Sgt. Ryan Wood were accused of causing a man to fall from a roof by firing a beanbag-type projectile at him during a 2022 incident in Newfane.
Read the story on VTDigger here: State resolves troopers’ reckless endangerment charges with pretrial diversion.
- Senate advances tax on streaming services to bolster public media
Senate advances tax on streaming services to bolster public media -The proposed tax has faced opposition from Netflix and other streaming providers, who told lawmakers that it would cause them to pass additional costs to consumers.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Senate advances tax on streaming services to bolster public media.
- Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices
Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices -Police have received four reports from Vermont residents who discovered such devices on their cars after returning from Montreal.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Crossing the border? Watch out for tracking devices.
- House signals support for Act 250 overhaul, while Gov. Phil Scott says it misses the mark
House signals support for Act 250 overhaul, while Gov. Phil Scott says it misses the mark -The bill would remove state-level development review in some qualifying municipalities while adding environmental protections in other parts of the state.
Read the story on VTDigger here: House signals support for Act 250 overhaul, while Gov. Phil Scott says it misses the mark.
- Survey shows vaping rate doubled in Vermont, while cigarette use declined
Survey shows vaping rate doubled in Vermont, while cigarette use declined -The findings, released this week, comes as Gov. Phil Scott considers whether to sign a bill that would ban the sale of flavored e-liquids.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Survey shows vaping rate doubled in Vermont, while cigarette use declined.
- Evan Carlson: Vermont’s fight for repair freedom
Evan Carlson: Vermont’s fight for repair freedom -The ability to conduct basic repairs and the empowerment to fix it yourself has been taken away from our business owners, only to the benefit of the manufacturers.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Evan Carlson: Vermont’s fight for repair freedom.
- Prospero B. Gogo Jr: Preventable nicotine-product-related illnesses cost Vermont money and suffering
Prospero B. Gogo Jr: Preventable nicotine-product-related illnesses cost Vermont money and suffering -I hope that Gov. Phil Scott takes into consideration these savings when contemplating putting his signature on S.18.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Prospero B. Gogo Jr: Preventable nicotine-product-related illnesses cost Vermont money and suffering.
- Upper Valley residents pan post office plan to move mail sorting to Connecticut
Upper Valley residents pan post office plan to move mail sorting to Connecticut -Many residents said they worried that USPS’s plan is more likely to hurt the quality of services by cutting staff and resources rather than to improve delivery.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Upper Valley residents pan post office plan to move mail sorting to Connecticut.
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