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Racine at the Addison County Field Days WCAX debate

In Profile: With head-on approach to state’s fiscal problems, Racine is betting he can finish first

By Anne Galloway on August 19, 2010

Racine says the budget gap can be solved through government efficiencies, targeted taxes on Internet sales or junk food and careful use of cash reserves. Continue reading

Posted in Politicker, Racine, Vt. Guber '010 | Tagged Brian Dubie, Con Hogan, Deb Markowitz, Doug Racine, Garrison Nelson, Jim Douglas, Matt Dunne, Peter Shumlin, Susan Bartlett, Vermont Democratic Party, Vermont governor's race | 5 Responses

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Vermont Attorney General rejects health care group’s conflict of interest complaint

By Anne Galloway on June 17, 2010

Richter is disappointed with the AG’s ruling. She says Leddy, president of the state AARP, represents an organization that lobbies against publicly financed health care. Continue reading

Posted in Health, State of the state | Tagged AARP, Con Hogan, Deb Richter, House speaker, Jim Leddy, Shap Smith, Vermont attorney general, Vermont Health Care for All | 3 Responses

Tom Davis was Vermont's Human Services secretary in the 1970s

On video: Analyst, former AHS secretaries say state’s reneging on obligation to needy Vermonters

By Anne Galloway on April 8, 2010

The Legislature has given the administration carte blanche to make cuts, Hogan said. “(The decision) seems calculated to avoid responsibility.” Continue reading

Posted in Living standards | Tagged Cheryl Mitchell, Con Hogan, Douglas administration, Jack Hoffman, Paul Cillo, Public Assets Institute, Tom Davis, Vermont Agency of Human Services, Vermont legislature | 1 Response

The story of lost opportunity … and its consequences

By Editor on February 20, 2010

This is a story of Vermont government’s chronic mismanagement, by the executive and legislative branches and the leadership of both parties. Continue reading

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Con Hogan, deficits, General Fund, Jim Douglas, Richard Snelling, Vermont legislature, Zuccaro Corrections Overcrowding Commission | 5 Responses

Con Hogan, former longtime Secretary of Human Services

On video Con Hogan to lawmakers: The real cost of AHS cuts through 2012? $250 million

By Anne Galloway on January 21, 2010

The Douglas administration proposes cutting $100 million from AHS through 2012; the lost federal funding match will be $150 million, Hogan says. Continue reading

Posted in Budgetwise, State of the state | Tagged Con Hogan, Douglas administration, Public Strategies Group, Vermont Agency of Human Services, Vermont legislature

Schubart: New “Challenges” report deja vu all over again

By Editor on January 12, 2010

The Douglas administration eliminated the state’s accountability system, which was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of human service programs. Continue reading

Posted in Opinion | Tagged Con Hogan, Douglas administration, outcomes, Public Strategies Group, Schubart, VPR | 1 Response

Con Hogan: Health care costs are rising too quickly in Vermont

By Anne Galloway on November 18, 2009

Con Hogan urges the Vermont Legislature to take concrete steps toward creating a single-payer system. Continue reading

Posted in Health | Tagged chronic care initiative, Common Good, Con Hogan, health care costs, Vermont Blueprint for Health, Vermont health care, Vermont legislature, Vermont news | 1 Response

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Press releases from Vermont organizations and businesses

Welch calls on FDA to investigate “natural” syrup product

by Press Release
The “All Natural Syrup” marketed by Log Cabin Syrup, a division of Pinnacle Foods LLC, appears to include ingredients the FDA does not allow in products labeled as “natural.”

Vermont Information Consortium finalist for web award

by Press Release
Governor Jim Douglas celebrated the State’s ranking as one of the ten best government portals and websites in the nation by e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government. This is the second year in a row that the Vermont Information Consortium (VIC), the State’s web portal vendor, has received this recognition. The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) go to outstanding websites and web portals at the state, county and city levels.

Tourism industry offers midweek deals for Vermont fall foliage season

by Press Release
Dozens of inns, hotels, attractions, historic sites and museums are offering a variety of midweek specials during the fall foliage season as part of the statewide “Midweek Peek” promotion organized by the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing. Deals range from discounted lodging to reduced admission prices. For details, visit www.VermontVacation.com/midweek.

Condos: Transparency must extend to “all levels of government”

by Press Release
“My plan, as Secretary of State, is to ensure that the current Douglas administration practice, of which my opponent was a member, does not continue to be a barrier to the public’s access to public records,” stated Jim Condos, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State. “Vermonters need to stop being treated as adversaries of government; we are all a part of government. If government operates in secrecy, then we erode our democracy.”

Leahy says Obama’s R&D tax credit will benefit Vermont

by Press Release
“This is a sensible and fiscally responsible way to create jobs now, with the research work needed for the American jobs of the future,” said Leahy. “Research and development is seed corn for the economic future we want in Vermont, and the R&D tax credit is one of the most proven job-creating tax incentives in modern history. It rewards businesses for investing in the research, experimentation and development that puts engineers, laborers and sales people to work today and tomorrow.”
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