Waterbury state offices could be closed 4 months; union contract under review
Racine: “We’re saying four months, but that’s a guess. They have to clean it all out; we have to move stuff out. Then we have to assess how much it’s going to cost.”
Digger Tidbits: State to probe more abuse complaints; Foodstamps backlog disappears; Shumlin tweaks AT&T with Tweet
Canteen reopens at State Hospital; Vermont has second highest health insurance rates; Timely release of tax data? Salmon is sailor of the year; Wallack touts single-payer in New England Journal of Medicine; Report urges “prompt” solution to long-term nuclear waste problem; Statehouse trees stay put
How the “autism mandate” became a political football
Susan Besio, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said: “The thing that’s gotten lost in all of this, we pay $64 million in autism services, unlike the commercial carriers.”
Racine proposes competition for designated agencies
Racine said the state needs to be able to measure the results of the designated agencies and determine “what we’re getting for the money.”
Vermont agency leaders join Council on Rural Development board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 31, 2011 Contact: Paul Costello, VCRD Executive Director 802-223-6091 info@vtrural.org www.vtrural.org MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) announced today that four of Vermont’s new agency secretaries will join its board of directors. Chuck Ross, secretary of the VT Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; Lawrence Miller, secretary [...]
Christine Oliver named commissioner of Mental Health
Oliver has served as Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Health Care Administration, through the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, since her appointment in 2006. In that post, she was the managerial head of the state division responsible for regulating health insurance (including rates and forms), quality of health care services, and related consumer education and protection. The division also has statutory responsibility for reviewing hospital budgets and issuing “certificates of need” for hospital expenditures.
Racine will serve as secretary of human services
Doug Racine will be the Agency of Human Service’s next Secretary, Patrick Flood will continue in his role as Deputy Secretary and David Yacavone will serve as the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families.
Updated story + video: Shumlin wins in recount, promises “positive, issue-oriented campaign”
Shumlin, in his victory speech, said he would do “everything in his power to conduct a positive, issue-oriented campaign.” VIDEO OF RACINE CONCESSION, SHUMLIN SPEECH
Five Democratic primary candidates for governor embark on "Unity" tour
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Launch a United Vision for Vermont Tour Burlington, Vt – The presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Peter Shumlin and the four other Democratic Candidates for Governor today launched their United Vision for Vermont Tour. The candidates will make seven stops throughout the state on the two-day tour [...]
