Vermont's healthcare debate keeps arguing over who pays. The real crisis is that regulators are already deciding who gets seen — and calling it cost control instead of rationing.
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The town planning commission said the regulations will protect the community against “adverse secondary impacts” from nonconforming rentals violating health and safety standards.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Norwich sets $250 fee for short-term rentals.
Thirteen people abruptly sickened and died, and the cause proved to be a surprise. Some people laid blame on a state law.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Then Again: When a mysterious killer stalked the men of Bristol.
“It's important to make a picture in an actual place that means something,” said the photographer Gregory Crewdson.
Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘Fertile period’ in Rutland City 25 years ago served as backdrop for photographer’s surreal scenes of suburban life.
“What happens when you call us, 99% of the time, is that we give you advice on how to coexist with the bear,” said the department’s public information officer. “That’s what we want to be doing and that is what mostly happens.”
Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘The worst possible catch-22’: Fish and Wildlife struggles to combat bear rumors.
The investments will allow new projects to move forward at a more affordable price, according to the state treasurer. The financing is available through the treasurer’s Invest in Vermont program.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont expands housing investment program.
The Geisel School of Medicine is one of five medical schools being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Dartmouth students push back against medical school admissions probe.
Vermont could set a national example by replacing party politics with merit-based elections and ranked-choice voting.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont doesn’t need political parties to get things done.
Police said 13 people were taken into custody Friday morning at ICE’s National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Protesters again block access to ICE surveillance hub in Williston, prompting arrests.
His tenure has been defined by a harder line on reining in hospital budgets and insurance premium increases. He plans to stay on as a board member.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Owen Foster stepping down as chair of state’s most powerful healthcare regulator .
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Applications for the paid Jim Welch Internship Program are due Aug. 7.
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If a suitable location is found, the year-round shelter would be the largest in the state, and could help stem the high number of people sleeping outdoors.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Wanted: Large space for 100-bed emergency shelter in Chittenden County.
Gov. Phil Scott signed an executive order Thursday that gives preference to local news organizations when deciding where to invest state advertising dollars.
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Jed lived a life of faith, service, integrity and leadership. He used his many skills and achievements to lead organizations he cared about and to help others. He enjoyed people and could talk to anyone. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Gerald “Jed” Kenneth Hornung II.
Nicholas Fontana is the second officer in recent months accused of violating the state-required Fair and Impartial Policing Policy while a member of the department.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Ex-Rutland City officer faces allegations of violating anti-bias policy, falsifying report.
Sellers, not the people who bought their homes, set those “obscene” Covid-era housing prices.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Don’t blame incomers for Vermont’s housing woes.
Aly Richards says she’s the only one with the experience to hit the ground running. But Amanda Janoo says only she is the one truly thinking big.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Statehouse know-how or outsider’s perspective? The 2 Democrats who want to be Vermont’s next governor.
The growing network helps local newsrooms broaden coverage while bringing more stories from southern Vermont to readers statewide.
Read the story on VTDigger here: VTDigger expands statewide news partnership with four southern Vermont newspapers.
High school newsrooms teach students to report, think critically and engage with civic life.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont schools should invest in student journalism.
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s modern take on ancient myths has traveled from a shoestring debut at Barre’s Old Labor Hall 20 years ago to a five-night state and national cinema run starting Friday.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont-born Broadway musical ‘Hadestown’ returns home — as a movie.
Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 of the trees with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease in hopes that the survivors can eventually help build a genetically diverse and disease-resistant population. So far, the results are promising.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Killing trees to save the forest: The deadly experiment to rescue the American elm.
So far Vermont has had no cases linked to the national outbreak, a Health Department spokesperson said Monday.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Is it safe to eat lettuce? Upper Valley experts answer key questions on cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Finch Paper's closure is the latest in a string of mill shutdowns, and Vermont's conservation policy is threatening the industry's survival.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Enough with the excuses. Help Vermont’s loggers..
The Pittsford-Brandon Route 7 project isn't needed, and the funds would be better spent elsewhere.
Read the story on VTDigger here: The new Route 7 project is a waste of money.
Martin Diaz, who is the executive director of the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, warns that “rights and protections are being stripped away every day in mundane-seeming memos and orders from courts.”
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont Conversation: ‘I’m sorry that this isn’t what we promised.’ Immigration attorney Jill Martin Diaz on fear and hope in Vermont’s immigrant community.
Although the new law about the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s long-term disaster recovery program leaves key questions open, experts say it moves in the right direction.
Read the story on VTDigger here: ‘A step forward’: Deep in the new federal housing law, changes to disaster recovery funding are brewing.
The selectboard may hold a special Town Meeting to ask residents to help subsidize a facility that’s losing money due to cost and staffing challenges and declining births.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Brattleboro weighs a municipal tax hike to aid the local hospital’s endangered birthing center.
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The U.S. Education Department concluded that Vermont "needs intervention" in complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a worse status than the state received in recent years. The state could lose millions in federal funding if it doesn't correct course.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont is not educating students with disabilities up to federal standards.