Cillo: Health care costs are eating up 15 percent of state’s budget
Cillo says that the General Fund obligation for health care is now about 15 percent a year.
Separate editorial zone is up on the Vtdigger.org homepage
Vtdigger is pleased to announce the development of a new editorial area on the homepage.
Can Correct Care Solutions offer Vt. inmates more health services for $2 million less?
In the wake of Ashley Ellis’ death, questions remain about prison health care provided by for-profit companies.
Video: Emergency Board delays decision to raise business incentive cap
The existing cap on incentives is $10 million; the Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development recommends raising the limit to $25 million.
Public Strategies Group message to lawmakers: Outcome-based services = results + savings
The reforms are conceptual, but the notion that the state needs to rethink the way it functions is a given, according to GOP and Democratic leaders.
TPI recommendations for state’s IT system are in
David Tucker, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Information and Innovation, released the TPI report this morning.
Vermont’s deficit: How bad is it? Vtdigger.org brings you video + analysis
Stephen Klein, chief fiscal officer of the Joint Fiscal Office, told lawmakers they need to cut about 20 percent of state spending by 2012.
Santiz Cruz will be buried Monday in Chiapas
One Vermont dairy farmer raised $4,000 in donations from the farming community toward the cost of sending the body to Mexico.
Video + speech: Douglas presses for tax, education reforms
Douglas is calling for dramatic reforms to Vermont education and tax policy.
McClaughry video: Lawmakers must redefine government
John McClaughry says the proposal from Public Strategies Group is “superficial.”
