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House member says Senate passed the buck on financing health care
by Morgan True vtdigger.orgThe House Health Care Committee began work Tuesday on health care reform legislation that passed the Senate last week. Senator Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, the bill’s primary...
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Vermont legislators propose repeal and replacement of current education...
Two Vermont legislators are proposing to repeal the current education funding system (Act 60/68) to make way for a new policy beginning with the the 2017-2018 academic year. Patti Komline (R-Dorset)....
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University of Vermont introduces new Master of Public Health Program online...
The University of Vermont has announced a new Master of Public Health program, a collaborative graduate program between the College of Medicine, the Graduate College at UVM, and Continuing and Distance...
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Shumlin announces $2.6 million in health care 'Innovation Grants' to lower...
As part of Vermont’s ongoing health care reform efforts, Governor Peter Shumlin and the leadership of the Vermont Health Care Innovation Project (VHCIP) announced Wednesday the award of eight grants...
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Vermont senators throttle US Supreme Court over campaign finance ruling
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued its ruling in McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission. In a 5-4 decision, the Court, once again, reversed long-standing precedent and declared aggregate limits on...
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House committee wants $10.10 minimum wage by January
by Hilary Niles vtdigger.org A House panel wants the state to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by January 1, 2015. Governor Peter Shumlin proposed the same increase — over a three year...
View ArticleMerger of Vermont Retail, Vermont Grocers associations approved
Tasha Wallis, Executive Director of the Vermont Retail Association (VRA), and Jim Harrison, President of the Vermont Grocers Association (VGA), announced today that the two groups would be merging into...
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POLL: Should Vermont consolidate school districts?
The Legislature is considering and the Vermont State Board of Education passed a motion (at its monthly meeting March 25) to support the legislative language in H883 to consolidate school districts....
View ArticleHouse takes up school 'flipping' bill
by Hilary Niles vtdigger.orgThe House has started work on a Senate bill calling for a two-year moratorium on privatizing public schools. Under the Senate plan, voters still would be allowed to close an...
View ArticleFirstLight chosen as healthcare hub by New England telehealth consortium
FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating fiber optic networks in Vermont, Upstate New York and Northern New England with connectivity to Canada, has announced...
View ArticleFairPoint expands coverage in Brattleboro, Putney and Westminster
FairPoint Communications, Inc (Nasdaq: FRP), a leading provider of advanced communications in northern New England, has expanded broadband to 90 homes and businesses in Brattleboro, Putney and...
View ArticleObama signs into law Welch legislation that provides relief to hospitals...
President Obama signed into law on Tuesday Represenative Peter Welch’s (D-Vermont) bipartisan legislation to provide funding to hospitals serving disproportionately large numbers of seniors in rural...
View ArticleRBS Citizens Financial Group announces new enhancements to Citizens Helping...
RBS Citizens Financial Group, Inc, the parent of Citizens Bank and Charter One, has marked the start of National Financial Literacy Month by announcing enhancements to its financial literacy program,...
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Tom Pelletier, long-serving Northfield Savings Bank president, to step down
Northfield Savings Bank Board Chair Nancy Pope has announced Thomas Pelletier, President & CEO, will be leaving the Bank in 2015. Pope stated the Board has known for several years of Pelletier’s...
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Shumlin signs ‘net metering’ renewable energy, economic development bill
Governor Peter Shumlin today signed a new law thatwill expand renewable energy use in Vermont, support job creation, and help consumers reduce their energy bills. The so-called net metering law signed...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy is Green Mountain College's 2014 commencement speaker
Green Mountain College’s 2014 commencement speaker is the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. A longtime champion of environmental protection, constitutional...
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CCTA board authorizes replacement drivers in bus strike
by Tom Brown vtdigger.org CCTA late Monday authorized staff members to hire replacement bus drivers in order to end a two-week strike in Burlington. The company urged striking bus drivers to accept a...
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House frustration shows in effort to hold administration to account on health...
by Morgan True, vtdigger.org Members of the House launched a flurry of amendments Friday aimed at holding the governor accountable for not delivering a proposal to finance the state’s planned universal...
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Special Report: Charting implementation of the Affordable Care Act in New...
by Morgan True, vtdigger.org In this article, VTDigger assesses the impact of the Affordable Care Act in the six New England states. Our analysis is based on spending and enrollment data for federally...
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Senators unconvinced on drugged driving bill
by Laura Krantz, vtdigger.org Senators on Friday worried that passing a bill about drugged driving will result in Vermonters being unnecessarily stopped, tested and perhaps charged with DUI-drugs.Law...
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