Margolis to write for VTDigger.org
Jon Margolis, who is well known for his insightful writing about state politics, will be a regular contributor to VTDigger.org during the upcoming legislative session.
Vermont News Guy: Ethical quandaries and acts of promotion
Lots of news organizations, especially alternative weeklies such as Seven Days, use contests and surveys as promotion devices. They’re kind of fun. On occasion, they even produce some useful information. This was not one of those occasions.
Margolis: What are they (the Dems) hiding?
Update: Robert Dempsey, executive director of the Vermont Democratic party, announced today that the press will be allowed to attend the Barney Frank event. He had previously said: “It’s not necessarily a matter of policy to make all our events open to the press.”
Sterling gubernatorial debate in full on video
Key question: Is there anything in your economic policy that will help rural Vermont high school graduates who haven’t gone to college stay here and earn a decent living?
Margolis + video: Which candidate will advance to head of the table? At debate, it was anyone’s guess
“Free Brian Dubie” Shumlin said, suggesting Dubie’s campaign consultants are keeping him under wraps. Dubie has appeared at one gubernatorial forum so far.
Vermont has the worst business climate? Think again.
If Vermont’s business climate is so poor, how come the economy is relatively so good? Its unemployment rate, though higher than it was a couple of years ago, is lower than the national or regional average. So is its poverty rate and its home foreclosure rate.
Vermont News Guy: Teachers retirement plan a win-win-win for union, state budget, Dems
The VSEA and state officials are farther apart than the Vermont-NEA ever was on retirement issues. They are not even negotiating yet.
Vermont News Guy: Lawmakers sure aren’t in it for the money
Even for the most frugal, the reimbursement rates don’t appear to provide an opportunity for lawmakers to rake in big bucks.
Vtdigger.org on Mark Johnson Show, ORCA Media this week
Editor Anne Galloway will talk about how Vtdigger.org was founded and how the nonprofit online venture covers news.
