By Amy Ash Nixon, VTDigger.org A lack of high-quality early learning opportunities for Vermont’s young children has led the Vt. Legislature and Gov. Peter Shumlin to form a Blue Ribbon Commission on Financing High Quality, Affordable Child Care. The commission […]
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Vermont journalist Norman Runnion dies at age 85
By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger.org Ask Norman Runnion for his life story and he’d point to a newspaper. “I’m a newspaperman, my father was a newspaperman — I love that word, I grew up on that word,” he said in 1989. […]
State News
Shumlin signs water quality bill
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org On Tuesday, June 16, on the shore of Lake Champlain, Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill that aims to improve the quality of the state’s waterways . The bill, H.35, raises money through a 0.2 percent […]
State News
Heavy rains lead to increase in sewage discharges
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org There have been almost as many sewage discharges reported across the state in the past 35 days as there were in all of the previous year, according to state data. Twenty-five discharges have been reported since […]
State News
State supports two projects at Vermont Tech
By Sarah Olsen, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin visited the campus of Vermont Technical College on Monday to highlight two state spending projects. One project makes Vermont Technical College the site of the new Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Lab; the other […]
State News
Vermont unemployment stays at 3.6 percent in May
By Sam Heller, VTDigger.org Vermont’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.6 percent in May, marking the state’s eighth consecutive month without an increase, according to a news release from the Vermont Department of Labor. The national unemployment rate in May […]
State News
Child protection reform bill becomes law
By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Flanked by dozens of lawmakers, state officials and others, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Monday, June 15, a bill that addresses wide-ranging aspects of Vermont’s child protection system. Lawmakers first began work on S.9 more […]
News Briefs
AARP warns Vermonters about online dating scam industry
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org Advocates failed to get legislation passed this year to address online dating scams, but that hasn’t stopped them from informing Vermonters about the multimillion-dollar industry. AARP Vermont says scammers disproportionately target senior citizens on legitimate dating […]
Local News
Former Rutland Mental Health CEO resigns amid pressure, state scrutiny
By Morgan True, VTDigger.org Dan Quinn, the former CEO of Rutland Mental Health Services, was pressured to resign because of poor management. His resignation comes on the heels of intensified state scrutiny. Quinn resigned Tuesday, June 9, after nearly eight […]
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Special report: the war on weeds
Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Ross. By John Herrick, VTDigger.org On a busy street corner outside the Rutland farmers’ market, where local vendors sell cheeses, meats and spring vegetables, about a dozen residents recently raised signs to protest the use […]