By Morgan True, VTDigger.org Health care economist Jonathan Gruber has agreed to forgo roughly $120,000 in compensation from the state. Lawrence Miller, chief of health care reform, said on Wednesday, Nov. 19, that Gruber’s comments denigrating the public and suggesting […]
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Clif Bar, other food makers side with Vermont on GMO labeling
By John Herrick, VTDigger.org Three national businesses are helping to defend Vermont’s GMO labeling law. The companies told a federal court last week that the state statute, which requires food manufacturers and retailers to label certain products containing genetically modified […]
EPA: State must reduce phosphorus in Lake Champlain by 36 percent
By John Herrick, VTDigger.org Vermont’s plan to improve Lake Champlain’s water quality does not go far enough to comply with federal regulations, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA released phosphorus pollution reduction targets for Lake Champlain at a […]
Shumlin tax filings show $10 million in assets
By Laura Krantz, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin released his 2013 tax return Friday, reporting $721,445 in gross income and total assets worth $10.3 million. Shumlin’s 1040 IRS form shows most of his income comes from real estate he owns and […]
New Department for Children and Families chief will revisit housing vouchers for homeless
RANDOLPH–The new Department for Children and Families commissioner Ken Schatz says he wants to scrutinize, and possibly change, the state’s practice of temporarily housing homeless people in motels. Gov. Peter Shumlin defended the same program an hour later. Schatz told […]
State police accused of improper search and seizure
RUTLAND — Police violated a Rutland man’s constitutional rights when they stopped him because of a snow-covered license plate and then searched his car without probable cause, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont […]
State receives over $300,000 for GMO defense fund (a.k.a. “the food fight”)
By John Herrick, VTDigger.org Vermont has raised more than $300,000 in private donations since May to help it defend its GMO labeling law, Act 120, in federal court. SumOfUs, a nonprofit issue advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., made the […]
Shumlin launches campaign for third term
By Anne Galloway, VTDigger.org Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin declared at his campaign launch on Monday Sept. 8 that he has put Vermont on a “progressive path” through a “bold” leadership style and investments in job creation, renewable energy, early childhood […]
State, local police stocking up with military equipment
State police have acquired 65 military rifles and an 18-ton armored vehicle through a federal program that allows state and local police to acquire surplus material from the military virtually without cost, records show. Local police across the state also […]