Vermont governor says he’s not afraid after terror plot against Michigan governor revealed

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott expressed relief that the plot was discovered by the FBI before it could be carried out against his Michigan counterpart.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Here’s what the Vermont minimum wage will rise to in 2021

Following a bill passed by the Vermont Legislature in 2019, the state’s minimum wage will increase by a combined $1.59 over the next two years.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Fall foliage is brightening up Vermont. See an interactive map of the U.S., New England here

Vermont is seeing early shifts in fall foliage color already. Track the changing colors in an interactive map of the U.S. and New England here.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Protesters rally near Burlington councilor’s home, calling for change in police firing powers

Protesters lie in the road on Central Avenue in Burlington’s South End on Thursday evening. Photo by Xander Landen/VTDigger Read the story on VTDigger here: Protesters rally near Burlington councilor’s home, calling for change in police firing powers. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Walter Medwid: Wildlife governance is in crisis

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walter Medwid, of Derby, who is co-founder of the Vermont Wildlife Coalition. Vermont’s governance of wildlife is facing multiple crises. Our Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) is clear about the fiscal and wildlife crises before it but less open to addressing its identity crisis — the controversies around…

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Andrew Christiansen: Scott should renounce the Republican Party

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Andrew Christiansen, of East Montpelier, a former Democratic state representative who served in the Legislature from 1986 to 1996.  There is an illusion, highly cherished by many Democrats, of a Vermont Republican Party which is different from the national brand of Trump. One only has to look at the…

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Legal in Vermont: Cannabis bill that allows (and taxes) retail sales becomes law

Vermont joins the ranks of states with legal sales of marijuana with a bill that Gov. Phil Scott allowed to pass without his signature.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Statewide police use of force law passes without Gov. Phil Scott’s signature

The American Civil Liberties Union has called the new Vermont law “the nation’s best statewide policy on police use of force.”         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington police data: 27% of subjects of police force last year were Black

A Burlington Free Press analysis revealed that racial disparities persist in the situations where Burlington police use physical force.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Brattleboro takes first step toward imposing a cap on renters’ security deposits

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Former Vermont State Poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

Louise Glück speaks in 2012 at the Academy of Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C. Photo via the Academy. Former Vermont State Poet Louise Glück has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. The onetime Goddard College teacher and current Yale University professor received the honor “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes…

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Governor lets bill establishing marijuana marketplace become law

Gov. Phil Scott said in a letter to lawmakers that he wants them to prohibit marijuana vaping products when they reconvene in January. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger When the House and Senate reached a deal on the marijuana bill last month, they removed a provision that would ban cannabis product advertising. Instead, they agreed to…

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With Magic Hat founder at the helm, where does Burlington business ArtsRiot go from here?

Alan Newman – in on ground floor of Magic Hat, Seventh Generation, Gardener’s Supply – forms post-pandemic plans for South End arts space/restaurant         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont’s top high school XC runners for the 2020 season

A list of Vermont high school cross-country runners to watch during the 2020 season.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Some VT unemployment extended benefits set to expire by end of week

The announcement follows the recent decline of the state’s unemployment rate from 8.3% in July to 4.8% in August.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Get to know the candidates for statewide and legislative races

Read the story on VTDigger here: Get to know the candidates for statewide and legislative races. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Don Keelan: Global Warming Solutions Act sets up a government within government

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. With the Vermont Legislature’s override of Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of H.688, the Global Warming Solutions Act, Vermonters will now have two governments.  H.688 creates one of the most powerful councils ever conceived in Vermont history. The goals…

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Tom Evslin: Vermont becomes a virus refuge; the old normal is gone

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tom Evslin, the former chair and co-founder of NG Advantage, who is also an entrepreneur, author and former Douglas administration official. He is on the board of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the parent organization of VTDigger.  Wealthy people are coming to Vermont for refuge. They are turning seasonal homes…

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First brewery in Champlain islands takes “farm-to-glass” approach to making beer

Kraemer & Kin is run by three family members who use seasonal flavors to help shape beer list at taproom in a renovated church in North Hero         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Lights, camera, fraction! What it’s like to do school at a movie theater

Instead of school desks, reclining stadium seating. Some Essex students get to spend school days at a movie theater.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Is OneCare, VT’s latest attempt to fix health care, doomed? Doctors, advocates weigh in.

OneCare, Vermont’s latest effort to reform health care is struggling to attract sufficient numbers of patients and to keep private doctors engaged         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Maskless wedding photo at Woodstock Inn irks local officials, businesses

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