Burlington-Winooski COVID-19 outbreak formally closed, city, health officials say

Monday marked 28 days with no new cases tied to the outbreak.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont Conversation: Why ex-Navy SEAL Dr. Dan Barkhuff is fighting Trump

Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Conversation: Why ex-Navy SEAL Dr. Dan Barkhuff is fighting Trump. Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Jon Groveman: Act 250 modernization bill protects water quality

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Jon Groveman, who is the policy and water program director at the Vermont Natural Resources Council. In 1970, when Gov. Deane Davis signed Act 250 into law, he advanced a vision shared by Vermonters who wanted to protect Vermont’s unique cultural and historic ties to the land by addressing…

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Roger Allbee: Vermont badly in need of a plan for the future

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Roger Allbee, a former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and Markets. He has also served as CEO of Grace Cottage Family Healthcare and Hospital in Townshend, a critical access hospital. I recently read the commentary by Jock Gill in VTDigger in which he says that the state…

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Vermont primary election results: Scott wins GOP nomination, Zuckerman gets Democratic nom

Find updates on the governor, lieutenant governor, congressional representative and Chittenden County state senate primary races here.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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BTV city council votes to create task force to study reparations for slavery

The resolution, which was unanimously voted, additionally proposes a citywide apology for Burlington’s role in the institution of slavery.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vermont school guidelines updated with relaxed restrictions, new details

Amended state guidelines loosen restrictions for the youngest learners, provide more specifics on when virus is found at school and more.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Kesha Ram set to be first woman of color in the Senate

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House races: Progressive upset of O’Sullivan in Burlington highlights the night

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak beat out incumbent Jean O’Sullivan in the Chittenden 6-2 Democratic primary. VTDigger file photos Emma Mulvaney-Stanak unseated Jean O’Sullivan in the Democratic primary for the Chittenden 6-2 House district, scoring another major win for Progressives in Burlington and topping the list of upsets in House races across the state. Most races were won…

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Third time’s the charm: South Burlington school budget narrowly passes

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Vermont primary 2020: Voters head to the polls during the pandemic

Vermonters voted in the 2020 primary on Aug. 11, 2020. They had the option of mail-in ballots, but here’s what the stations looked like.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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COVID-19 in Vermont: 11 new cases today, and the latest on reopening

Here’s what you need to know today about COVID-19 in your community and throughout Vermont.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Gov. Scott weighs funding extra $400 unemployment benefits

An executive order signed by Trump would provide benefits to laid off workers, as long as state governments pays a quarter of the weekly payments.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington City Council creates reparations task force; fails to override veto

Mark Hughes, director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, speaks at a press conference in Burlington in July. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDigger Mark Hughes, the director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, praised the council for taking the first step in passing the Racial Justice Resolution June 30, which acknowledges racism is a citywide public…

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Burlington weighs ‘robust legal action’ against Brookfield

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UVM balks at mayor’s suggested reopening changes

UVM President Suresh Garimella. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger “Our COVID-19 testing protocol is more aggressive than any college in the state of Vermont, and one of the most aggressive in the entire nation,” Garimella wrote. Garimella said the school’s testing protocols “have already proven successful.” Of the 1,157 tests the school has conducted on…

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Rebound of ospreys in Vermont continues after decades of decline

Rescued from the endangered list in Vermont, fish-eating ospreys now proliferate along local lakes and ponds.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Burlington American Reds seize city’s Little League championship

The Burlington American Reds captured the city’s Little League championship with a 6-3 win on Saturday.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Gov. Phil Scott: There will be high school fall sports in Vermont in 2020

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says fall sports can happen but warns that some activities will “look much different” this year.         Top Featured Tags: – Vermont News Press Release Distribution Service

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Nancy Welch: A debate challenge to UVM admin

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Nancy Welch, of South Burlington, who is a professor of English at the University of Vermont and author of “A Semester to Die For.”  Recently the University of Vermont’s Lawrence Debate Union invited the administration to formally debate the question “Are UVM’s Proposed Cuts and Campus Reopening Plans Necessary…

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Fundraising in Chittenden Senate race surges ahead of primary

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Don Keelan: Too many entities have authority without accountability

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Don Keelan, a retired certified public accountant and resident of Arlington. Once again, the Vermont Legislature is about to create another autonomous council: the Vermont Climate Council. The difference here is that the VCC will touch everyone’s lives and have unprecedented power and independence. Over the last few decades,…

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