Supreme Court continues consideration of public access to police records
The Vermont ACLU indicated that the Supreme Court sent a clear message that not all records maintained by a law enforcement agency are categorically exempt from public records access.
Supreme Court denies Rutland Herald access to police records
“You are really in the dark as to what analysis is being applied. So what’s left is this sort of ‘trust me’ approach,” said Bob Hemley, counsel for the Herald.
Rutland Herald, Times Argus and Addison Independent endorse Condos
Their decision to support Condos was based on to what degree the candidates would work to improve access to public records and assure compliance with open meetings laws; and who would be the better leader for efficiency and effectiveness. Their answer: Jim Condos.
Rutland Herald, Times Argus endorse Dubie
John Mitchell: “Is it in Vermont’s best interest to grant what is in effect a blank political check to a Democratic governor, with a Democratic Senate and a Democratic House? The danger we run is that the legislative compromises we will end up with will be tilted far to one end of the political spectrum.”
Dan Barlow, award-winning political journalist, joins VBSR
Dan Barlow, the well-known political reporter for the Vermont Press Bureau, will join Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility as Public Policy Manager.
The Rutland Herald: “To achieve $30 million in human services cuts, needs will go unmet”
Job losses (in the human services sector) will have their own ripple effects, further depressing the economy.
Galloway appears on Vermont Public Television’s “Vermont This Week”
Reporters’ roundtable discussion revolves around the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s tepid response to lawmakers’ concerns about the tritium leak at Vermont Yankee.
Spreading the News Part 2: The History of Newspaper Reporting in Vermont
The hours were grueling, the pay modest (about $250 per week for the top reporters in the early 1970s), but the influence of the State House reporters was considerable, usually because they knew more about what was going on each day than most of the legislators themselves.
