The state will have at least four new leaders in top executive roles come January, at least one new member of Congress and dozens of new state legislators.
Political ‘earthquake’ leads to tsunami of turnover in Vermont’s elected offices
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Final Reading: To the scrap heap
Things are quickly ending up on the cutting room floor as lawmakers hustle to adjourn.
Final Reading: Full plates
Last fall, Vermont school staff asked lawmakers to hold off on passing new education laws in the upcoming legislative session. But roughly seven months later, as the legislative session nears its end, lawmakers’ plates have been full when it comes to education bills.
Auditor finds state overpaid health care providers $7 million using federal Covid relief funds
A report from State Auditor Doug Hoffer’s office, issued Monday, showed the Agency of Human Services overpaid 17 health care providers and found that some providers should not have been paid at all.
Does the state government know how best to measure Vermonters' well-being?
The latest report from the state auditor’s office critiques how the Agency of Administration assesses quality of life and how it conveys that information to politicians and the public.
Jackie Folsom: Mr. Evslin, vibrant dairy farms are embracing opportunities
Today’s dairy farmers are innovative, problem-solving businessmen and women who live on the land they work and are determined to leave that land better than they found it.
Tom Evslin: Failing dairy farms are an opportunity to grow back better
Transitioning from dairy will decrease net greenhouse gas emissions, help with housing, make Lake Champlain healthier, and provide an exit for hard-working farm families.
Auditor questions finding that those paid to relocate to Vermont added millions to the economy
The program, called the Remote Worker Relocation Program, reimbursed up to $10,000 in relocation expenses to people who moved to Vermont to work from home.
Few businesses are applying for emergency grants, economic commissioner says
Emergency grants to Vermont businesses have been issued in three phases since the pandemic began. In this latest round, few businesses are asking for help.
Dr. Pete Wilhelm: Independent health care practices save Vermonters money
Independent practices are small businesses that support their communities. They provide jobs and pay taxes. When a nonprofit hospital buys these practices, the taxes the independent practice used to pay into the community go away.
State auditor finds Vermont overpaid Covid grants to businesses
A new report found that fewer than half of businesses sampled showed losses big enough to justify grants from the Covid-19 Emergency Recovery Grant Program. The auditor argues the state used the wrong measure to figure out how much money businesses had lost.
State auditor report: All-payer system costs more than it’s saving
A 38-page report outlines how OneCare Vermont has missed Medicaid financial targets while receiving a large portion of its operating costs from the state government.
Vermonters spent $6.5 billion on health care in 2019
The annual health care costs soared to $10,442 per person, according to recently released data, a 4.5% increase over the previous year.
Report: Vermont spent $285 million over 10 years supporting dairy industry
An Agency of Agriculture official argues that beyond their economic impact, dairy farming and agriculture are a huge part of Vermont’s identity as a state, especially in rural areas.
