By Anne Galloway on March 11, 2010
Private schools’ takeover of hearing about consolidation of public educational system takes lawmakers by surprise.
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged S.252, Sharon Academy, St. Johsnbury Academy, Vermont Department of Education, Vermont legislature
By Opinion on March 11, 2010
We must require all districts to implement best practices in administration over two years with the goal of creating larger districts in five years.
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Posted in Opinion | Tagged Act 60, schoo district consolidation, Susan Bartlett, Vermont gubernatorial race, Vermont legislature, Vermont Senate
By Opinion on March 9, 2010
Employers on the brink of closing their Vermont operations cannot stay afloat when legislators make their futures more costly and uncertain.
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Posted in Digger digest | Tagged George Clain, IBEW, jobs bill, Peter Shumlin, Vermont legislature, Vermont Senate
By Donald M. Kreis on March 6, 2010
Eugene should be a mandatory field trip for Vt. lawmakers voting on a bill that would exempt UVM records from Vermont’s public records statute.
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Knight Arena, Nike, Phil Knight, University of Oregon, University of Vermont, Vermont legislature, www.nobidcontracts.org
By Anne Galloway on March 5, 2010
Rep. Tony Klein says Vermont House should send a message to Entergy and take up its own bill to shut down Vermont Yankee.
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Posted in Consumer watchdog, Living standards | Tagged Anne Galloway, Renee Carpenter, Rep. Tony Klein, Vermont legislature, Vermont Yankee, WGDR
By Opinion on February 27, 2010
Entergy denies the importance of the historic Senate vote to shut down Yankee and wants the Legislature to ignore its years of mismanagement.
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Posted in Opinion | Tagged Citizens Awareness Network, Entergy, Vermont legislature, Vermont Senate, Vermont Yankee
By Press Release on February 23, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Tom Cheney, (802) 828-2245
Alex MacLean, (802) 828-3806
Montpelier, Vt – President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Friday announced an effort to provide fiscal relief for states through a temporary adjustment to state “clawback payments” made to the Federal government as a part of Medicare Part D. Vermont can expect to net $12 million in fiscal relief for FY11. Speaker Shap Smith and Senate… Continue reading
Posted in Digger digest | Tagged $12 million, Barack Obama, clawback payments, Katherine Sebelius, Medicare Part D, Peter Shumlin, Shap Smith, Vermont legislature
By Opinion 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.
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Posted in Opinion | Tagged Con Hogan, deficits, General Fund, Jim Douglas, Richard Snelling, Vermont legislature, Zuccaro Corrections Overcrowding Commission
By Anne Galloway on February 18, 2010
Koch, who proposed an amendment to scuttle the date change, said: "We can do a better job for our troops by using the technology available to us."
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Posted in Politicker | Tagged absentee ballots, Vermont election, Vermont legislature, Vermont primary
By Anne Galloway on February 17, 2010
Senate President Peter Shumlin: “It was designed to run 40 years, and the 40 years is up.”
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Posted in Energy and the Environment, Yankee | Tagged Act 160, Enexus, Entergy, Gov. Jim Douglas, Peter Shumlin, Vermont legislature, Vermont Senate, Vermont Yankee
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