U.S. Senate okays Irene help for Vermont
The U.S. Senate just passed a transportation bill that, if enacted into law, would solve some of the state’s chief post-Irene fiscal dilemmas. The bill to repair damage to the state system alone could...
View ArticleState to aid cash-strapped towns
MONTPELIER – The town of Halifax has 300 to 400 year-round residents. Its annual budget is $800,000. And the small southern Vermont hamlet is facing an estimated $7 million in infrastructure repairs as...
View ArticleDollar bills falling like snowflakes; $15M headed to Vt. for road repairs
Vermont's congressional delegation announced $15 million in emergency aid for the Green Mountain State…. From the announcement: BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 22 – The U.S. Department of Transportation will...
View ArticleIrene, jobs will headline State of State
The governor’s State of the State address, scheduled to get underway about 90 minutes from now, will focus largely on “Irene, jobs, and how those things are connected.” That’s according to Chief of...
View ArticleBuy a “Vermont Stong” license plate. And a car, while you’re at it.
You’ve got to hand it to the marketing geniuses at Heritage Ford, who just managed to turn an Irene-related Statehouse press conference into a commercial for the South Burlington car dealership. The...
View ArticleControversy brews over mental health as Senate preps for vote
Senate lawmakers this morning are frenetically preparing for a floor session this afternoon during which leaders aim to pass out, at long last, the mental-health bill that Gov. Peter Shumlin says will...
View ArticleSix lawmakers to settle long-running debate over mental health
Three lawmakers from the House and three from the Senate will sit across the table from each other and attempt to resolve a mental health debate that has thus far split the two chambers. Leaders in the...
View ArticleReport on state offices to be unveiled in Friday meeting
A long-awaited report by the architectural firm Freeman French Freeman will lay out three options for how the state could replace the Waterbury state office complex that was flooded during Tropical...
View ArticleShumlin invites town clerks to Irene event, on primary day
When Gov. Peter Shumlin says everybody is invited to tomorrow’s Irene commemoration in Randolph, he means everyone. Shumlin last Thursday issued a personal email invitation to every state employee, as...
View ArticleVilaseca to head newly minted Agency of Education
Last year, Gov. Peter Shumlin won legislation to endow his office will increased power over public education. On Thursday, he announced the appointment of the man he says will help him exert it....
View ArticleIrene-prompted reforms make positive changes in mental health care
MONTPELIER — Before he turned even 20, Ivan Deutsch had been through 20 foster families, 15 visits to the psych ward, and more run-ins with police than he cares to remember. For his entire teenage...
View ArticleLabor board nixes double pay for state employee Irene work
MONTPELIER — The 63 state employees who had sought double pay for their work in the weeks after Tropical Storm Irene have been denied by the Vermont Labor Relations Board, which issued a ruling Monday...
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Exchange tax documents in the mail, state says
MONTPELIER — State officials are warning Vermonters who obtained health insurance through Vermont Health Connect to be on the lookout for important tax documents that should arrive in the mail by next...
View ArticleTowns receive millions in federal community development money
MONTPELIER — Thirteen municipalities in Vermont will share in more than $4 million in federal dollars to provide economic development, low-income housing and recovery from Tropical Storm Irene....
View ArticleVilaseca to head newly minted Agency of Education
Last year, Gov. Peter Shumlin won legislation to endow his office will increased power over public education. On Thursday, he announced the appointment of the man he says will help him exert it....
View ArticleIrene-prompted reforms make positive changes in mental health care
MONTPELIER — Before he turned even 20, Ivan Deutsch had been through 20 foster families, 15 visits to the psych ward, and more run-ins with police than he cares to remember. For his entire teenage...
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Labor board nixes double pay for state employee Irene work
File photoGov. Peter Shumlin and state officials in a press conference in the days following Tropical Storm Irene. MONTPELIER — The 63 state employees who had sought double pay for their work in the...
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Exchange tax documents in the mail, state says
MONTPELIER — State officials are warning Vermonters who obtained health insurance through Vermont Health Connect to be on the lookout for important tax documents that should arrive in the mail by next...
View ArticleTowns receive millions in federal community development money
MONTPELIER — Thirteen municipalities in Vermont will share in more than $4 million in federal dollars to provide economic development, low-income housing and recovery from Tropical Storm Irene....
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