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Vermont, Now and Then: It’s Been a Long, Strange Trip
Vermonters are just contrary enough not to let the state get totally hijacked, but the Philistines are definitely making inroads. Continue reading
Giving, the ultimate stimulus package
For a state that’s so used to scoring high marks in other arenas, our tightwad reputation is an unusual streak of mediocrity. Continue reading
State IT assessment behind schedule
TPI of Stamford, Conn., which describes itself as the largest sourcing data and advisory firm in the world, was to have completed work on 35 “deliverables,” or sets of tasks, by Nov. 25 for the Vermont Department of Information and Innovation. Two-thirds of those deliverables are behind schedule. An additional 34 are due next week. Continue reading
Con Hogan: Health care costs are rising too quickly in Vermont
Con Hogan urges the Vermont Legislature to take concrete steps toward creating a single-payer system. Continue reading
Keep Local Farms lands two contracts
Ten cents of every pint of milk students at the University of Vermont and Harvard University buy will be passed on to dairy farmers. UVM launched its Keep Local Farms fund-raising campaign on Monday. Harvard joined the program on Oct. 19.
The slight price hike is part of a fund-raising and marketing campaign to raise money and the profile of New England dairy farmers who have seen significant declines in income… Continue reading
Break-even milk prices won’t be enough to save some of Vermont’s dairy farms
Milk prices are going up in December, and the federal government has said it will purchase $60 million worth of cheese and make $290 million in direct payments to the nation’s dairy farmers. Continue reading
Will Vermont save $156,000 when the VSH Canteen closes? Not exactly
The state says closing the Vermont State Hospital Canteen will cut $156,000 from the budget this year, but nearly half of the savings come from shifts in accounting. Continue reading
The ever-expanding Googleverse
The possibilities are, well, possibly limitless. Google has become the ubiquitous purveyor of information on the World Wide Web, and its all-encompassing eye is also trained on the entire surface of the Earth, the oceans and Mars.
Now, even Vermont is becoming a Google player, thanks to Windsor County resident and erstwhile politician Matt Dunne, who serves as Google’s head… Continue reading 
Rationing, lack of public clinics limits access for children under 5 to H1N1 vaccine
The youngest, most at-risk children, age 6 months to five years, must get vaccinations from private doctors who are typically backlogged with patient requests, or wait for immunizations at public clinics, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that this age group receive inoculations first when vaccine is in short supply. Continue reading
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