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by Holly Sullivan, Community News Service As Vermont grapples with rising homelessness rates and a choked housing market, some House lawmakers are training their focus on easing a particularly hard transition for people facing so much uncertainty already: young people without homes or leaving foster care who want to go to college. H.717, introduced on Jan. 17 by Rep.
by Tom Pelham In February 1997, Vermont’s Supreme Court found “the current system for funding public education in Vermont, with its substantial dependence on local property taxes and resultant wide disparities in revenues available to local school districts” is in violation of the Vermont Constitution.
by Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas As Vermont’s Secretary of State and Chief Elections Officer, it’s my job to help sustain and defend democracy – the form of government in which we the people choose our leaders and decide issues by voting.
Leonine Public Affairs Policy committees in the Vermont House worked to finalize their FY2025 budget recommendations this week. These recommendations will inform the House Appropriations Committee as they craft their FY2025 budget proposal, which needs to pass out of the committee by March 22.
Vermont Business Magazine Starting next Wednesday, dairy producers will be able to enroll for 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program offered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provides producers with price support to help offset milk and feed price differences. This year’s DMC signup begins Feb.
Vermont Business Magazine WhistlePig Whiskey has officially opened the WhistlePig Tasting Shack at the base of Stowe Mountain Resort, within Spruce Peak, Vermont’s luxury slopeside community.
Vermont Business Magazine Change Healthcare, which operates Vermont’s Medicaid pharmacy claims system, experienced a significant cyber security issue this week which has impacted pharmacies and providers across Vermont and New England.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont health officials announced the release of the Age Strong VT 10-Year Action Plan, a comprehensive roadmap designed to address the evolving needs of Vermont's aging population. This strategic plan, titled "Age Strong VT: A Vision for the Future," is the result of extensive public input.
Vermont Business Magazine The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is taking the first step to address chloride pollution in the Sunnyside Brook in Colchester, Vermont by establishing a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan. This small brook routinely exceeds critical levels of chloride, due to an influx of road salt and other contaminants.
Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on February 22, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Brandon Anderson, 34, of Greenwood, Indiana, with two counts of impersonation of an officer or employee of the United States and one count of making a false statement to a department or agency of
Vermont Business Magazine The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on February 22, 2024, Scott Remick, 48, of Shoreham, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 80 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography (also known as child sexual abuse material, o